title: Knowledge, perceptions and acceptability of HPV vaccination among medical students in Chongqing, China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate medical students' knowledge of HPV and HPV related diseases and assess their attitudes towards HPV vaccination.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 605 medical undergraduates from Chongqing Medical University in China were surveyed using a structured and pretested questionnaire on HPV related knowledge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some 68.9% of the medical students were females, and mean age was 21.6 (±1.00) years. Only 10.6% correctly answered more than 11 out of 14 questions on HPV related knowledge, 71.8% being willing to receive/ advise on HPV vaccination. Female students (OR: 2.69; 95% CI: 1.53-4.72) and students desiring more HPV education (OR: 4.24; 95% CI: 1.67-10.8) were more willing to accept HPV vaccination. HPV vaccination acceptability was observed to show a positive association with HPV related knowledge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our survey found low levels of HPV related knowledge and HPV vaccination acceptability among participating medical students. HPV education should be systematically incorporated into medical education to increase awareness of HPV vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Information Management, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China E-mail : zxn66@vip.sina. com, chunxia815@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Chun-Jing
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Xiong-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Zhi-Mei
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saheb-Kashaf
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Chun-Xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-Ni
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000821:virology; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010358:Patient Participation; D010465:Perception; D011379:Prognosis; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000821:virology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines