title: Knowledge of the HPV vaccine and its association with vaccine uptake among female higher-education students in Greece.
abstract: The aims of the study were to assess the awareness and knowledge of HPV vaccination among female university and technological institutes students, and their association with vaccine uptake, and to identify the variables associated with higher levels of knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health; University of Athens; Faculty of Nursing; Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Elisavet M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Donadiki
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jiménez-García
authors.forename: Valentín
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hernández-Barrera
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carrasco-Garrido
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López de Andrés
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jimenez-Trujillo
authors.forename: Emmanuel G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Velonakis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: education; human papillomavirus vaccine; knowledge; predictors; uptake