Turlapati Narasimha Manoj, K Vijaya

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND AWARENESS REGARDING HPV INFECTION AND VACCINATION AMONG FEMALE IT PROFESSIONALS OF A COASTAL CITY – A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

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Aims: The aim of this study is to assess to assess knowledge, attitude, awareness of human papilloma virus (HPV) and HPV vaccination among the female IT professionals. A cross-sectional survey of women was conducted in Vi Materials And Methods: sakhapatnam to assess the awareness of cervical cancer and attitude of Papanicolaou (Pap) test and HPV vaccine. The sample size of the population was 171, and a pre-tested questionnaire was administered to them. Majority of the participants (65.5%) were aware tha Results: t cervical cancer can be prevented. As far as vaccination was concerned, 62.1% were familiar with the availability of CERVAVAC vaccine. However, very few participants (16.7%) had completed a full course of vaccination while (77.1%) have not initiated yet. The high awareness am Conclusion: ong females of IT sector about cervical cancer and acceptability of vaccine programs, if done free of cost, shows a positive trend. The only inhibition about HPV vaccine was primarily due to concerns about post vaccination complications. However, inclusion of HPV vaccine in Government-sponsored immunization program would go a long way in increasing the uptake of the vaccine.

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