Health consciousness and cervical cancer screening rates in HPV-unvaccinated girls: comparison from HPV-recommended and HPV-recommendation-suspended program periods.
Hum Vaccin Immunother
; 17(4): 1068-1072, 2021 04 03.
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ABSTRACT
In Japan, the vast majority of females between 13 and 24 are now unvaccinated for HPV and thus unprotected from HPV-caused cervical cancer. We analyzed the differences among these unvaccinated females regarding their understanding of the HPV vaccine, its role in cervical cancer prevention, and their need for cervical cancer screening - based on whether they refused vaccination when their government's recommendation for HPV vaccination was still in effect (vaccination-recommended group) - or during the last 7 years, while the government suspension was in effect (recommendation-suspended group). The vaccination-recommended group understood more about the HPV vaccine and the best timing for HPV vaccination than the recommendation-suspended group (p < .0001 and p = .002, respectively). We found that girls in the vaccination-recommended group had more chances to talk with the family about cervical cancer and they were more afraid of acquiring the disease (p < .0001 and p < .0001, respectively). The girls in the recommendation-suspended group tended to feel more inhibited from talking about cervical cancer with friends and acquaintances (p = .0262). The cervical cancer screening rate of the vaccination-recommended group was significantly higher (p = .014).
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Infecções por Papillomavirus
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Vacinas contra Papillomavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article