Kehinde S. Okunade|Oyebola Sunmonu|Gbemisola Eniola Osanyin|Ayodeji A. Oluwole
Knowledge and Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Women Attending the Gynaecological Outpatient Clinics of a University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria
University of Lagos|Lagos University Teaching Hospital|Lagos University Teaching Hospital|University of Lagos|Lagos University Teaching Hospital|University of Lagos|Lagos University Teaching Hospital
study aimed determining knowledge acceptability hpv vaccine among women attending gynaecology clinics lagos university teaching hospital luththis descriptive crosssectional study involving 148 consecutively selected women attending gynaecology clinic luth relevant information obtained women using intervieweradministered questionnaire data analysed presented simple descriptive statistics using tables charts chisquare statistics used test association sociodemographical variables acceptance hpv vaccination significance values reported p 005the mean age respondents 357 97 years study showed 365 respondents heard hpv infection 189 knowledge existence hpv vaccines overall 818 respondents accepted vaccines could administered teenage girls level education mothers major determinant acceptability p 0013awareness hpv infections existence hpv vaccines low however acceptance hpv vaccines generally high efforts made increase awareness cervical cancer aetiologies prevention via hpv vaccination