Trends in Clinical and Medical Sciences
Vol. 2 (2022), Issue 4, pp. 32 – 38
ISSN: 2791-0814 (online) 2791-0806 (Print)
DOI: 10.30538/psrp-tmcs2022.0038
ISSN: 2791-0814 (online) 2791-0806 (Print)
DOI: 10.30538/psrp-tmcs2022.0038
Awareness, acceptance and hesitancy regarding human papilloma virus vaccine among nursing students of a rural medical college of Maharashtra
Aitalwad Deepmala\(^{1}\), Jogdand Mohini\(^{1}\), Mali Sandeep\(^{1}\), Aghav Shridhar\(^{1,*}\) and Amar Raj\(^1\)
\(^{1}\) Department of Community Medicine, S.R.T.R. Government Medical College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence should be addressed to Aghav Shridhar at shridharaghav95@gmail.com
Copyright © 2022 Aitalwad Deepmala, Jogdand Mohini, Mali Sandeep, Aghav Shridhar and Amar Raj. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received: October 10, 2022 – Accepted: December 25, 2022 – Published: December 30, 2022
Abstract
Introduction: Human papillomavirus causes many diseases like genital warts, sexual transmitted diseases; cervical cancer. Human papilloma virus vaccine is available for adolescent girls. Though it is effective its use has not increased. Therefore, the current study is designed to determine the awareness, acceptance and hesitancy among nursing students.
Objectives: To study awareness about HPV vaccine and to assess the acceptability and hesitancy regarding HPV vaccine.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among first year to last year nursing students studying in a rural medical college, Ambajogai. A pretested self-administered structured questionnaire was used for collecting data. Information regarding sociodemographic characteristics, awareness, acceptability, willingness to take the vaccine and spreading information to community were interviewed and recorded. Study period was from 1st July 2022 to 31st August 2022.
Results: Out of 180 students, study carried among 169 those who gave consent and presented at time of study. Among them 27% were 15- 20 years of age group and 73% were in the age group 20-25 years. Most of them belongs to middle (43.7%) and upper middle (36.6%) socioeconomic class. Out of total participants 22.5% were males and 77.5 %were females. 7.7% were married and 92.3% were unmarried. 27.8% were heard about HPV and HPV vaccine.
Conclusion: This study has indicated that very few participants were aware about HPV vaccine. Hesitancy can be reduced by providing proper knowledge about safety and side effects of HPV vaccine.
Results: Out of 180 students, study carried among 169 those who gave consent and presented at time of study. Among them 27% were 15- 20 years of age group and 73% were in the age group 20-25 years. Most of them belongs to middle (43.7%) and upper middle (36.6%) socioeconomic class. Out of total participants 22.5% were males and 77.5 %were females. 7.7% were married and 92.3% were unmarried. 27.8% were heard about HPV and HPV vaccine.
Conclusion: This study has indicated that very few participants were aware about HPV vaccine. Hesitancy can be reduced by providing proper knowledge about safety and side effects of HPV vaccine.
Keywords:
HPV; Vaccination; Acceptance; Hesitancy.