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Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Perception towards the Vaccination among Female University Students in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Version 1 : Received: 31 December 2022 / Approved: 4 January 2023 / Online: 4 January 2023 (07:45:11 CET)

How to cite: Mehejabin, F.; Rahman, M.S.; Naznin Alam, M.N.; Alam, N. Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Perception towards the Vaccination among Female University Students in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Preprints 2023, 2023010072. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0072.v1 Mehejabin, F.; Rahman, M.S.; Naznin Alam, M.N.; Alam, N. Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Perception towards the Vaccination among Female University Students in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Preprints 2023, 2023010072. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0072.v1

Abstract

Cervical cancer is mostly diagnosed cancer of women worldwide and the second most common cancer among middle-aged women in Bangladesh. Knowledge and perception of women are considered one of the major components of prevention strategy. We carried out this survey to assess the existing knowledge level of students and their perception to the role of vaccination in preventing cervical cancer. The participants were female undergraduate students studying Public Health in a university in Chattogram city of Bangladesh. A total of 275 female students were interviewed through prescribed questionnaire possessing questions on basic information of cervical cancer, its causal agent, risk factors, prevention methods, and vaccination. We marked the responses of participants with zero for wrong answer and one for every correct answer and ranked the knowledge level of students. The mean age of study participants was 20.68 years. In total, 69.1% students possessed poor knowledge whereas, 30.9% had good knowledge. The country of students has significant association with their level of knowledge. Most of the students got information on cervical cancer from traditional media (49.8%) and doctor (30.9%) and the effect of these two sources was statistically significant on the knowledge level of students. Students mostly identified vaccination (21.1%) and Gynecological examination (14.39%) as preventing methods. However, 65.5% of them acknowledge that vaccines cannot prevent this cancer and 33.4% believe in different risks of vaccine. Although students have heard of cervical cancer the overall knowledge was insufficient and perceived negative concepts about cancer vaccine. Therefore, we recommend the initiation of educational programs on basic reproductive health and health seeking behaviour targeting young women to successfully control and prevention of this life-threatening health problem.

Keywords

cervical cancer; human papilloma virus; KAP study; questionnaire survey; knowledge and perception; cancer screening test; vaccination

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases

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