The Effect of Knowledge about Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) on the HPV vaccination against Cervical Cancer of nursing Students Kim Miok1, Song Hee-Seung1 1College of Nursing, Dankook University, Chungnam, 31116, Korea Online published on 14 May, 2018. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between knowledge of cervical cancer, knowledge of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection, and the preventive behavior of 113 nursing college students. Convenience sampling was performed to selected nursing students from two colleges. Data were collected using questionnaires. The real number and percentage were estimated for the participants’ general characteristics and the differences in each variable by the general characteristics were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA, and Scheffe test. Pearson's correlation method was used to investigate the correlation between knowledge of cervical cancer, HPV knowledge, and HPV vaccination rate. As a result of this study, the mean age of the participants was 21.55±1.61, 21 students (18.6%) were male and 92 (81.4%) were female. of a total of 15 questions concerning knowledge about cervical cancer, the question, “What do you think is the examination for diagnosing cervical cancer?”, got the highest answer rate (93.8%). Two of the items getting the highest answer rate were “HPV infection examination is important for every woman” and “HPV is transmitted through sexual contact” (96.5%, respectively). As for the sexual characteristics, 26 (23.0%) had sexual experience. Knowledge of cervical cancer and knowledge of HPV were scored.66 ±.15(range of score 0–1)and.76 ±.10(range of score 0–1), respectively. The HPV infection prevention rate in this study was 22.1%. There was no correlation between knowledge about cervical cancer (r =.092, p =.596) and HPV (r =.106, p =.262) and the HPV vaccination rate. Various strategies are needed to increase the vaccination rate of HPV vaccines, along with the continued provision of accurate information. Top Keywords Knowledge, Cervical cancer, HPV, Vaccination, Nursing, Student. Top |