Immunization against human papillomavirus (hpv): knowledge of parents/guardians
International Journal of Development Research
Immunization against human papillomavirus (hpv): knowledge of parents/guardians
Received 17th August, 2019; Received in revised form 14th September, 2019; Accepted 20th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Paula Gisely Costa Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To analyze the knowledge of parents/guardians about the HPV vaccine. Materials and methods: This is an observational, descriptive and quantitative study, conducted in municipal schools located in Belém-PA, Brazil; from april to june 2019. It consisted by the application of a questionnaire with 18 closed questions divided in two parts. Results: The study consisted of 363 parents/guardians. Most are between 31-40 years old, are female, have completed high school, are single, have 2-3 children, are evangelical and have a family income between 1 and 2 minimum wages. Most parents/guardians have heard about HPV through television. They said HPV is a sexually transmitted infection, transmitted by sex, with the vaccine age range for girls from 9 to 14 years and for boys from 11 to 14 years, indicating 2 doses. Conclusion: Because HPV is associated with the development of cancer, especially uterine cancer and according to the study only 69.1% of children are vaccinated, further studies are needed to better clarify which factors influence immunization or not of children and adolescents against HPV.
