A study to assess the knowledge of human papillomavirus vaccine among school girls of Bhopal city
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20260757Keywords:
HPV vaccine, HPV infection, Quasi-experimental study, educational intervention.Abstract
Background: Objectives of the study were to assess the existing knowledge of the human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and the impact of educational intervention among school girls.
Methods: This study is a Quasi-experimental study conducted on 150 girls of 9th to 12th standard studying in a school. A pre-test questionnaire was used to assess the baseline knowledge, following which an interactive educational session was held and a post-test questionnaire was used to collect data. The impact of the intervention was analysed using a paired t-test. A Chi-square test was used to assess the willingness towards HPV vaccine pre and post-test.
Results: Lack of awareness (96.67%) was the primary barrier to knowledge regarding HPV vaccine. There was a significant increase in the mean knowledge scores from the pre-test (2.4±0.5) to the post-test (18.66±1.83) and the difference was statistically highly significant (p<0.0001).
Conclusions: After the educational intervention, the mean knowledge of the study participants improved drastically with the majority of them showing willingness regarding the HPV vaccination.
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