LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS, FATHERS AND/OR CAREGIVERS ABOUT THE HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) AND ITS INFLUENCE ON VACCINATION COVERAGE. BARRIO SAN ROQUE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, 2017.
Objective:To describe the level of knowledge on HPV of mothers, fathers and / or care givers of girls who were born between years 2000-2005, and to analyze its relation ship with the coverage of HPV vaccination, in the San Roque neighborhood of thecity of Córdoba and surrounding areas, in the year 2...
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Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/23645 |
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| Sumario: | Objective:To describe the level of knowledge on HPV of mothers, fathers and / or care givers of girls who were born between years 2000-2005, and to analyze its relation ship with the coverage of HPV vaccination, in the San Roque neighborhood of thecity of Córdoba and surrounding areas, in the year 2017. Material and Methods: Descriptive, transversal and association study. The sample was for convenience, with a confidencelevel of 95% and a sampling error of 5%(n=315). Anadhoc questionnaire was used as an instrument. The content validity of the instrument was assessed through expert judgment. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was carried out, the SPSS software version 20 was used. Results: 96.8% of the respondents were women. 26% had secondary studies. 53% reported knowing the disease, of which only 13% really knew what it meant to have HPV. 73% of the girls had a full card. Significant relationships between educational level and knowledge about HPV were observed and between the knowledge of the risk of HPV and the vaccination coverage of girls. Conclusion: Knowledge about the risk of HPV influenced vaccination coverage. In turn, knowledge was higher as educational level increases. |
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