HPV vaccination coverage and willingness to be vaccinated among 18–30 year-old students in Italy

V Mascaro, C Pileggi, A Currà, A Bianco, M Pavia - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives In Italy, free HPV vaccination has been offered to 12 years-old girls since
2007, while for males only since 2015. The aims of our study were: to measure HPV …

Awareness of HPV and drivers of HPV vaccine uptake among university students: a quantitative, cross‐sectional study

S Cocchio, C Bertoncello, T Baldovin… - Health & social care …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
HPV vaccination is a milestone in primary prevention. However in Italy, vaccine coverage is
still nowhere near the target of 95%. We investigated factors associated with inclination to …

[HTML][HTML] Beliefs about HPV vaccination and awareness of vaccination status: Gender differences among Northern Italy adolescents

L Brunelli, G Bravo, F Romanese, M Righini… - Preventive Medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most frequent sexually transmitted infectious
agents worldwide, and it is responsible for a significant burden of cancers. The aim of this …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward HPV infection and vaccination among university students in Italy

G Di Giuseppe, S Angelillo, A Bianco, F Gallè, F Licata… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: This survey investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards HPV
preventive measures among university students in Italy and their associated factors …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and propensity towards HPV vaccine of young adult students in Italy

C Trucchi, D Amicizia, S Tafuri, L Sticchi, P Durando… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI),
representing the main cause of genital warts and cervical cancer. This cross-sectional study …

[PDF][PDF] Young adults awareness of HPV and vaccine acceptance after introduction of the HPV vaccine in the Dutch national vaccination program.

CE Schmeink, KC Gosens, WJ Melchers… - Eur. J. Gynaec …, 2011 - article.imrpress.com
Purpose: To investigate the effect of implementation of the HPV vaccine on HPV knowledge
and HPV vaccine acceptance. Methods: From June until December 2009 in Nijmegen, the …

Vaccination against human papilloma virus infection in male adolescents: knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability among parents in Italy

A Bianco, C Pileggi, F Iozzo, CGA Nobile… - Human vaccines & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To elicit information about parents' knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability
toward HPV infection and vaccination of male adolescents in Italy; to identify subgroups of …

Difficulties in the prevention of cervical cancer: adults' attitudes towards HPV vaccination 3 years after introducing the vaccine in Hungary

E Marek, T Dergez, A Kricskovics, K Kovacs… - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent gynaecological malignancies worldwide. The
Hungarian incidence and mortality of this disease take the 4th–5th places within the …

Awareness and knowledge levels of Turkish college students about human papilloma virus infection and vaccine acceptance

M Oz, N Cetinkaya, A Apaydin, E Korkmaz… - Journal of Cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Awareness of HPV by the target population is an important determinant of vaccine
acceptance. The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of HPV infection and …

Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among Greek higher education female students and predictors of vaccine uptake

EM Donadiki, R Jiménez-García, V Hernández-Barrera… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
One of the biggest public health measures to prevent HPV infection, and consequently,
cervical cancer, is the HPV vaccine. Greece introduced HPV vaccines to its National …