Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Background: Cervical cancer becomes the second leading cancer in Malaysia and HPV infection is the main cause of this cancer. The availability of HPV vaccination can reduce down the risk of getting HPV infection thus will also reduce incidence of cervical cancer. However, due to little current infor...

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Main Authors:	Aung, Khin Thandar, Md Merzuki, Nurul Syafiqa, Zaw, Cho Cho
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Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-560302017-03-13T04:08:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56030/ Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Aung, Khin Thandar Md Merzuki, Nurul Syafiqa Zaw, Cho Cho RT Nursing Background: Cervical cancer becomes the second leading cancer in Malaysia and HPV infection is the main cause of this cancer. The availability of HPV vaccination can reduce down the risk of getting HPV infection thus will also reduce incidence of cervical cancer. However, due to little current information pertaining to the nature of HPV infection, cervical cancer and HPV vaccination themselves among the risky age, which is secondary school girls, therefore, a thorough understanding about knowledge on HPV, cervical cancer and HPV vaccination of secondary school girls and their practice on HPV vaccination is needed. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge of secondary school girls about human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and their practices on HPV vaccination. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in two secondary schools; SMK TengkuPanglimaPerang and SMK (P) Methodist, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. The total numbers of 295 secondary school girls were studied, and the data were collected through the distribution of structured questionnaires. Data analysis involved descriptive statistic and chi square test by using SPSS version 20. Results: Results revealed that there was a high level of knowledge about HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination, however low/poor practice on HPV vaccination among secondary school girls. Conclusion: Therefore, it is suggested that further study is required to focus the gap between knowledge, and practice, and examines the reasons of not receiving HPV vaccinations in the targeted group. Strategies for enhancing awareness to take HPV vaccination are also needed. 2017-03-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56030/1/mirmsjhs%202017.pdf Aung, Khin Thandar and Md Merzuki, Nurul Syafiqa and Zaw, Cho Cho (2017) Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 5 (1). pp. 36-40. ISSN 2321-7006 E-ISSN 2321-7294 http://www.mrimsjournal.com/
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spellingShingle	RT Nursing Aung, Khin Thandar Md Merzuki, Nurul Syafiqa Zaw, Cho Cho Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
description	Background: Cervical cancer becomes the second leading cancer in Malaysia and HPV infection is the main cause of this cancer. The availability of HPV vaccination can reduce down the risk of getting HPV infection thus will also reduce incidence of cervical cancer. However, due to little current information pertaining to the nature of HPV infection, cervical cancer and HPV vaccination themselves among the risky age, which is secondary school girls, therefore, a thorough understanding about knowledge on HPV, cervical cancer and HPV vaccination of secondary school girls and their practice on HPV vaccination is needed. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge of secondary school girls about human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and their practices on HPV vaccination. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in two secondary schools; SMK TengkuPanglimaPerang and SMK (P) Methodist, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. The total numbers of 295 secondary school girls were studied, and the data were collected through the distribution of structured questionnaires. Data analysis involved descriptive statistic and chi square test by using SPSS version 20. Results: Results revealed that there was a high level of knowledge about HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination, however low/poor practice on HPV vaccination among secondary school girls. Conclusion: Therefore, it is suggested that further study is required to focus the gap between knowledge, and practice, and examines the reasons of not receiving HPV vaccinations in the targeted group. Strategies for enhancing awareness to take HPV vaccination are also needed.
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author	Aung, Khin Thandar Md Merzuki, Nurul Syafiqa Zaw, Cho Cho
author_facet	Aung, Khin Thandar Md Merzuki, Nurul Syafiqa Zaw, Cho Cho
author_sort	Aung, Khin Thandar
title	Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (hpv), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (hpv) vaccination in kuantan, pahang, malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/56030/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56030/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56030/1/mirmsjhs%202017.pdf
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Secondary school girls’ knowledge and practice on human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

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