Human papillomavirus: vaccination, related cancer awareness, and risk of transmission among female medical students.

CONCLUSIONS: Female medical students showed low knowledge of HPV vaccination and an extremely low HPV vaccination rate, but a higher level of HPV-related cervical cancer awareness. A substantial number of students were not yet sexually active or had never had sex without a condom. HPV vaccination is thus still important for our respondents. There is an emerging need in educational programs for students starting from their first semester of the program and for a broader informational campaign focused on schoolchildren and their parents. PMID: 31233171 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Panonica, et Adriatica - Category: Dermatology Tags: Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat Source Type: research