Practice of HPV Vaccine and Associated Factors among School Girls in Melaka, Malaysia

• DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.8.3835
• Publication Date: 2013-02-06T07:02:58Z
• Authors: Redhwan Ahmed Al-...; Yuri V. Bobryshev; Karim Al-Jashamy; Mahfoudh Al-Musli
• Keywords: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; high school girls; Adolescent; Health Behavior; 370; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; XXXXXX - Unknown; Prevalence; Humans; Papillomavirus Vaccines; Papillomaviridae; Schools; 4. Education; Papillomavirus Infections; Malaysia; Awareness; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; vaccination; Prognosis; 16. Peace & justice; papillomaviruses; 3. Good health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female

Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the practice and associated factors HPV vaccine among school girls in Melaka, Malaysia. Methodology: A total number 612 secondary participated study. questionnaire consists 38 questions which included 3 sections. first section about socio-demography. Second knowledge awareness vaccines. third practices with barriers vaccination. Verbal consent was obtained from all participants, data were analyzed using SPSS 13. Results: girl students mean age <TEX>$13.93{\pm}SD$</TEX> (1.09); minimum 13 years old maximum 17 old. majority them Malay, rural areas had a family monthly income RM 3000 or less (91.8%, 53.1%, 69.6%; respectively). parents education level (56.4%). participants did not have history cervical cancer (99.0%). prevalence vaccination 77.9% Melaka. vaccinated their schools (77.0%). About 69% knew 77.6% ever heard vaccine. Regarding that influence uptake vaccine, they age, race, income, parents' education, cancer, place getting (p<0.001). Conclusions: high. Age, significant girls.