ArticleJournal of community health2018
HPV Misconceptions Among College Students: The Role of Health Literacy.
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- Understanding HPV Vaccine Uptake Among American Indian and Alaska Native College Students: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of the women's HPV prevention questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavior (W-HPV-TPBQ); a Persian version.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Health literacy and risk behaviours related to sexually transmitted infections among Portuguese university students: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Health information literacy mediates the relationship between active information seeking and HPV-related knowledge among female undergraduates: the moderating role of information channel characteristics.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health literacy of higher education students: a scoping review of determinants, screening tools, and effective interventions.Global health action · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impact of Health Literacy on Fertility Awareness and Reproductive Health in University Students-A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Exploring Trusted Sources of HPV Vaccine Information Among Mexican American Parents in El Paso, Texas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Conflicting health information increases fear of disease progression in HPV-infected individuals: disease uncertainty as mediator and tolerance of uncertainty as buffer.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Depression and Anxiety Among Women with HPV-Related Cervical Disease: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Shenzhen, China.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
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- Exploring factors influencing awareness and knowledge of human papillomavirus in Chinese college students: A cross-sectional study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- HPV Vaccines Among University Students: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators of Vaccine Uptake.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Global health trends of human papillomavirus-associated oral cancer: A review.Public health challenges · 2023Review
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- Health literacy and its association with human papilloma virus vaccination among adults: Findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
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- Acceptability of HPV Vaccination in Young Students by Exploring Health Belief Model and Health Literacy.Vaccines · 2022Article
- Beliefs about HPV vaccination and awareness of vaccination status: Gender differences among Northern Italy adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is currently the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States, with potentially serious health consequences, including cervical cancer. Young adults are particularly at risk of infection, but many remain unvaccinated. Low health literacy may contribute to poor knowledge of HPV and lack of vaccine uptake, and women living in the Southeastern United States are particularly at risk for lower vaccination rates and cervical cancer screening adherence. Three-hundred-sixty undergraduates at a Southeastern U.S. University completed measures of health literacy, sexual attitudes, and HPV knowledge in 2016. Less than half of both male and female participants had completed an HPV vaccine series, and there were no differences in health literacy scores between participants who had completed a vaccine series and those who had not. Forty subjects were familiar with HPV vaccines but not the virus itself. More than half of these individuals had received at least one dose of an HPV vaccine, highlighting a lack of knowledge regarding the purpose of this vaccine. While health literacy was not related to vaccination status, it was associated with greater knowledge of both HPV and available vaccines. Participants who were familiar with HPV had higher health literacy than participants who were not. College students hold serious misconceptions about HPV that may be redressed through public health education programs to increase health literacy and knowledge. Such public health interventions would potentially increase HPV vaccine uptake, leading to decreased cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates.
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