Status quo of knowledge attitude belief practice(KAP)of HPV vaccine among undergraduate nursing student-sand its influencing factors
Abstract:Objective:To probe into the status quo of knowledge of human papillomavirus(HPV)and knowledge-attitude-belief-practice(KAP)of HPV vaccine among undergraduate nursing students and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:A total of 365 undergraduate nursing students were surveyed using a self-designed questionnaire,a HPV knowledge questionnaire and a HPV vaccine KAP questionnaire in a medical university.Results:The score of HPV knowledge of undergraduate nursing students was 32.82±22.11,the cognitive score of HPV vaccine was 25.40±3.66,the attitude score of HPV vaccine was 20.24±3.89,at a low level.25(6.85%)nursing students who had been vaccinated with HPV vaccine,52(14.25%)nursing students had the initiative behavior to understand vaccine,67(18.36%)nursing students had a vaccine recommended behavior.Grade and HPV knowledge were the influencing factors of HPV vaccine related behaviors of undergraduate nursing students,the attitude of HPV vaccine could affect the vaccine recommendation behavior of nursing students,and the HPV classroom teaching experience could influence nursing students to actively understand the vaccine behavior.Conclusions:School needed to further strengthen the education to promote the better understanding of HPV and HPV vaccine.
Keywords:nursingundergraduatehuman papillomaviruscervical cancervaccineknowledgeattitudebehav-iorinfluencing factors
Publication Date:2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:4( 1064-1067 )
