ArticleBMC women's health2021
Kosovo women's knowledge and awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, HPV vaccination, and its relation to cervical cancer.
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- Cervical Cancer and HPV vaccination: Insights into knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Albanian women.Vaccine: X · 2025Article
- High-Risk HPV Screening Initiative in Kosovo-A Way to Optimize HPV Vaccination for Cervical Cancer.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessment of HPV Knowledge and Awareness among Students and Staff at IBB University, Niger State, Nigeria: Implications for Health Education and Prevention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus Awareness among Women in Antigua and Barbuda.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Observational
- Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women from a Traditional Quilombola Community in Northeastern Brazil.Journal of global infectious diseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study, the first of its kind in Kosovo, is to determine the level of Kosovo women's knowledge and awareness of HPV infection, HPV vaccination, and its relation to cervical cancer.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted from July to October 2018 at the Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital and University Clinical Service of Kosovo.
resultsOut of 800 questionnaires distributed, 645 were completed and returned (80.6%). Only 0.5% of women were vaccinated against HPV. The majority of respondents (66.4%) had no previous knowledge of HPV (human papillomavirus). Only 27.6% of respondents were aware that HPV is responsible for cervical cancer. About two-thirds (70.1%) of respondents had never heard of the HPV vaccine, and only 24% knew that the HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer.
conclusionThe level of vaccination against HPV and the level of knowledge and awareness of HPV infection is extremely low. Higher education, younger age, and living in an urban area were favorable factors and correlated with awareness of HPV infection, vaccination against it, and its relation to cervical cancer. Based on this study, there is an immediate need for developing an educational program on HPV infection and the importance of HPV vaccination as a preventative measure against developing cervical cancer.
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