Knowledge of the human papilloma virus and its vaccine in women in a rural area of Querétaro, México
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2016 |
| Descripción: | Introduction: The human papillomavirus (HPV) has a high prevalence in young women resulting on a problem of public health. In México, it occupied the nineteenth place in the 2011 of transmissible diseases and more than 90% of cervical cancer cases are related to it. The aim of the research was to determine the level of knowledge about HPV, vaccine and risk behaviors of young adult woman in a rural community of San Juan del Río, Querétaro, México.Methodology:The study was cross-sectional; convenience sample on woman from 20 to 40 years old. The instrument used was “HPV and Health” with a Cronbach´s alpha of 0.79, divided into sociodemographic data, knowledge of HPV and vaccine, health aspects and information sources. 45 people were surveyed; age X=27.8, S=5.9 years.Results: Women presented a good level of knowledge about the HPV with 22%, 20% regular, 17.78% deficient and 40 % very deficient. Regarding the vaccine 53.3% had deficient knowledge and 2.2% had excellent. It is necessary to improve knowledge about HPV in order to for people to avoid the development of cervical cancer virus;Conclusion:It is also required to explain women about immunization against HPV, as well as the operation and the importance of administering the vaccine to girls. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23575 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/enfermeria/article/view/23575 |
| Palabra clave: | Knowledge-Attitudes-and-Practice in Health Female Vaccines-against-Papillomavirus Conocimientos-Actitudes-y-Práctica en Salud femenino Vacunas-contra-Papillomavirus Conhecimento-Atitudes-e-Health Practice fêmea Vacina contra o Papilomavírus-counter |