KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND WILLIGNESS TO UPTAKE OF HUMAN PAPILOMA VIRUS VACCINE AMONG STUDENTS OF ANGLICAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL OGBOMOSO OYO STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
In Nigeria, the human papillomavirus (HPV) continues to be a major public health concern for a
number of reasons. One significant problem is that Nigerians, especially those living in rural
regions, have little awareness about HPV and the vaccine. The connection between the virus and
cervical cancer is not well known, and there are common misconceptions regarding the
efficiency and safety of the vaccine. This study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design to
assess the knowledge, attitude and willingness to uptake of human papilloma virus vaccine
among students of Anglican Grammar School Ogbomosho Oyo State. Multistage sampling
technique was used to recruit 315 respondents. Questionnaire with 0.77 reliability was used as
the instrument of data collection. The responses were analyzed with descriptive statistics
(frequency and tables) and influential statistics of chi-square to test the hypothesis. The findings
showed that majority of the respondents 193(61.5%) have heard of HPV, while 88(27.9%) have
not. more than half of the respondents 189(60.3%) think getting vaccinated against human
papilloma virus is important, 74(23.4%) said no, while 52(16.3%) don’t know. more than half of
the respondents 165(52.6%) are willing to receive HPV vaccine, 15(39.7%) are not, while
25(7.7%) said they don’t know if they are willing. Three hypotheses were set and tested using chi
square at 0.05 level of significance. No significant association was found between socio
demographic factors and vaccine willingness (P=0.085, Cal=8.211a). However, significant
associations were found between knowledge (P=0.000, Cal=36.3130) and attitude (P=0.000,
Cal=101.744) towards HPV and its vaccine and willingness to receive the vaccine. at 0.05 level
of significance
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In conclusion the findings revealed that majority of the respondent have high level of knowledge
and are willing to receive human papilloma virus vaccine
Keywords: knowledge, attitude, willingness, human papilloma virus vaccine
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