Using the Health Belief Model to Examine the Link between HPV Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Preventive Behaviors of Male Students at a Two-Year College in New York City.The human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common and easily transmitted sexually transmitted infections in the United States; infected individuals are frequently unaware that they are carriers, and transmission occurs unknowingly.  The object of this study was to examine the link between HPV knowledge and self-efficacy for preventive behaviors among college students as well as HPV vaccine acceptability.  We found that HPV knowledge was low among this sample, but that self-efficacy and vaccine acceptability were high.  Self-efficacy and perceived susceptibility to HPV predicted vaccine acceptability, but not condom use.  The challenge for health care practitioners and health educators is to provide focused, comprehensive education about HPV without causing undue fear.
HPV
Using the Health Belief Model to Examine the Link between HPV Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Preventive Behaviors of Male Students at a Two-Year College in New York City.The human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common and easily transmitted sexually transmitted infections in the United States; infected individuals are frequently unaware that they are carriers, and transmission occurs unknowingly.  The object of this study was to examine the link between HPV knowledge and self-efficacy for preventive behaviors among college students as well as HPV vaccine acceptability.  We found that HPV knowledge was low among this sample, but that self-efficacy and vaccine acceptability were high.  Self-efficacy and perceived susceptibility to HPV predicted vaccine acceptability, but not condom use.  The challenge for health care practitioners and health educators is to provide focused, comprehensive education about HPV without causing undue fear.
HPV
Using the Health Belief Model to Examine the Link between HPV Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Preventive Behaviors of Male Students at a Two-Year College in New York City.The human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common and easily transmitted sexually transmitted infections in the United States; infected individuals are frequently unaware that they are carriers, and transmission occurs unknowingly.  The object of this study was to examine the link between HPV knowledge and self-efficacy for preventive behaviors among college students as well as HPV vaccine acceptability.  We found that HPV knowledge was low among this sample, but that self-efficacy and vaccine acceptability were high.  Self-efficacy and perceived susceptibility to HPV predicted vaccine acceptability, but not condom use.  The challenge for health care practitioners and health educators is to provide focused, comprehensive education about HPV without causing undue fear.
HPV
Using the Health Belief Model to Examine the Link between HPV Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Preventive Behaviors of Male Students at a Two-Year College in New York City.The human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common and easily transmitted sexually transmitted infections in the United States; infected individuals are frequently unaware that they are carriers, and transmission occurs unknowingly.  The object of this study was to examine the link between HPV knowledge and self-efficacy for preventive behaviors among college students as well as HPV vaccine acceptability.  We found that HPV knowledge was low among this sample, but that self-efficacy and vaccine acceptability were high.  Self-efficacy and perceived susceptibility to HPV predicted vaccine acceptability, but not condom use.  The challenge for health care practitioners and health educators is to provide focused, comprehensive education about HPV without causing undue fear.
HPV
Using the Health Belief Model to Examine the Link between HPV Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Preventive Behaviors of Male Students at a Two-Year College in New York City.The human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common and easily transmitted sexually transmitted infections in the United States; infected individuals are frequently unaware that they are carriers, and transmission occurs unknowingly.  The object of this study was to examine the link between HPV knowledge and self-efficacy for preventive behaviors among college students as well as HPV vaccine acceptability.  We found that HPV knowledge was low among this sample, but that self-efficacy and vaccine acceptability were high.  Self-efficacy and perceived susceptibility to HPV predicted vaccine acceptability, but not condom use.  The challenge for health care practitioners and health educators is to provide focused, comprehensive education about HPV without causing undue fear.
HPV