Knowledge and acceptability of the human papillomavirus vaccine among health professionals in Acre state, western Amazon
Clinics
; 74: e1166, 2019. tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the knowledge and acceptability of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among health professionals from western Amazonia.METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Sistema Assistencial è Saúde da Mulher e da Criança (Health Care System for Women and Children; SASMC) in Acre, Brazil, in 2017. The participants comprised 196 health professionals. The data collection instrument contained 31 questions about HPV, its clinical repercussions for women, and the HPV vaccine. Quantitative variables were presented as medians and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. For the analyses, chi-square tests and Mann-Whitney tests were used. The collected data were analyzed using Stata®11.0.RESULTS:
Of the 196 health professionals, 39.8% (n=76) were physicians and 61.2% (n=120) were other health professionals. The interviewees were mostly female (n=143, 73%, 95% CI 66.1 to 78.9%) who worked in the medical field (n=81, 41.3%, 95% CI 34.4 to 48.6%), and the median age was 38 years (95% CI 36.0 to 39.7). Physicians had increased knowledge regarding only the statement "cervical cancer is one of the main causes of cancer in women", with a proportion ratio of 0.88 (0.80; 0.97) and p<0.001. Regarding clinical knowledge of the HPV vaccine, a low proportion of correct answers was obtained for all the questions, and no significant differences were found between the groups.CONCLUSION:
Acceptability and knowledge of HPV and its vaccine were similar among health professionals, with knowledge gaps in questions about the relation between smoking and cervical cancer and specific clinical knowledge.
Texto completo:
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 10: Doenças transmissíveis
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Objetivo 5 Medicamentos, vacinas e tecnologias sanitárias
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Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Infecções por Papillomavirus
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Vacinas contra Papillomavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Clinics
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Centro de Ciencias da Saude e do Desporto, Universidade Federal do Acre/BR
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Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de Sao Paulo/BR
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Disciplina de Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo/BR
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Laboratorio de Epidemiologia e Analise de Dados, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC/BR
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Programa de Mestrado em Politicas Publicas e Desenvolvimento Local da Escola Superior de Ciencias da Santa Casa de Misericordia, Vitoria/BR