A Study To Assess Knowledge Regarding Human Papilloma Virus (Hpv) Vaccination Among Adolescent Girls Of Selected Pu College, Hubballi

Abstract

Cervical cancer kills one Indian woman every eight minutes, making the disease one of the country’s most lethal cancers.1 Seventy percentages of cervical cancers are known to be caused by Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection.1 One strategy to reduce the spread of HPV and thus prevent cervical cancer is to increase the number of individuals who get HPV vaccination.2 Due to the prevalence of HPV, health professionals recommend getting the vaccine prior to sexually be active; hence the target group for HPV vaccination is adolescent girls. So it is imperative for adolescent girls to be aware about the Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination.2 A descriptive study was conducted among 50 adolescent girls of selected PU college of Hubballi. Proability simple random sampling technique was used to select the samples and data was collected by structured knowledge questionnaire. The research design used for the study was Descriptive Survey Research design. Data analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study results revealed that majority of adolescent girls 40 (80%) were with average knowledge, 8 (16%) were with good knowledge and 2 (4%) were with poor knowledge. The study concluded that knowledge score of adolescent girls was found poor about HPV vaccination among adolescent girls.