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Effect of peer education on knowledge, attitude, and practice of HPV infection prevention among college students Cover

Effect of peer education on knowledge, attitude, and practice of HPV infection prevention among college students

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Open Access
|Dec 2024

Abstract

Objective

To explore the effect of peer education on improving the knowledge, attitude, practice level (KAP) to prevent human papilloma virus (HPV) infection among college students.

Methods

The knowledge, attitude/belief, and practice level of 536 grade I college students from a university in Shanghai were surveyed and analyzed using a self-designed questionnaire—the HPV Infection and Prevention KAP Questionnaire.

Results

Many college students heard about HPV vaccine (49.70% before peer education and 100% after peer education); however, few of them were vaccinated (2.82% before peer education and 5.23% after peer education). Knowledge, attitude/belied, and practice of HPV infection prevention were positively related (P < 0.05). Peer education was effective in improving college students’ KAP level of HPV infection prevention (P < 0.05).

Conclusions

Peer education could be used as a strategy in colleges to improve student’s KAP level of HPV infection prevention. College students may also be encouraged to spread their influence to society.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0047 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
Language: English
Page range: 427 - 433
Submitted on: Jan 20, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 25, 2024
Published on: Dec 16, 2024
Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2024 Rong-Rong Zhang, Yan Xu, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.