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Knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines among women living in metropolitan and rural regions of China |
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| Authors: | Jing Li Lian-Kun Li Jun-Fei Ma Li-Hui Wei Mayinuer Niyazi Chang-Qing Li Ai-Di Xu Jian-Bin Wang Hao Liang Jerome Belinson You-Lin Qiao |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100021, China;2. Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 20892 MD, USA;3. Liaoning Provincial Tumor Hospital, Shenyang 110042, China;4. Xiangyuan Women and Children''s Hospital, Shanxi Province 046200, China;5. Department of OB/GYN, Peking University People''s Hospital, Beijing 100044, China;6. Department of OB/GYN, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Hospital, Urumchi 830001, China;g Xinmi Women and Children''s Hospital, Henan Province 452300, China;h Hongkou District Women and Children''s Hospital, Shanghai 200082, China;i Department of OB/GYN, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA |
| Abstract: | Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and causes virtually all cervical cancer globally. The recent development of two safe and clinically effective vaccines against HPV is a promising step towards lowering cervical cancer rates in the future. What Chinese women think about HPV and the vaccines remains unknown. We undertook a population-based survey, which was embedded in a cervical cancer screening project and was designed to assess women's knowledge about HPV and their acceptability to the vaccines. We found that only 15.0% of women in our study reported to have ever heard of HPV, and this knowledge differs by rural (9.3%) and metropolitan areas (21.6%) and also by education. Most (84.6%) participants were willing to be vaccinated if HPV vaccine became available to them. The present study documents ways in which women learn about HPV and indicates the potential barriers and success of introducing HPV vaccine to China. |
| Keywords: | Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines Knowledge Acceptability |
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