The knowledge of women on some aspects of human papillomavirus
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v47i2p143-148Keywords:
Papillomavirus Infections, Knowledge, Women’s Health.Abstract
Study design: cross-sectional Objective: the current study aimed to assess the knowledge of women seen in two outpatient clinic of gynecology and obstetrics about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Methodology: using secondary data from an electronic database that information was collected through a questionnaire during the period from 2007 to 2012. Results: were included 1470 women with average age of 30.7 years. Among women, 51.0% had heard about HPV, but only 41.6% knew of its sexual transmission and 33.3% knew about the relation of the pathogen with cervical cancer. Conclusion: data allowed to conclude that knowledge about HPV is poor, requiring improvement of educational interventions for the prevention of HPV infection and its worsening.
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