Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities

Abstract Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common types of cancer that affect females worldwide with hundreds of thousands of women dying annually due to this disease, mainly in developing countries. Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor for this cancer. There are n...

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Autores principales:	Mervat M. Alsous, Ahlam A. Ali, Sayer I. Al-Azzam, Mariam H. Abdel Jalil, Hala J. Al-Obaidi, Esraa I. Al-abbadi, Zainab K. Hussain, Feras J. Jirjees
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aaea6ead7f1e486c934e762c872a984e2021-12-02T15:23:03ZKnowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities10.1038/s41598-020-80834-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/aaea6ead7f1e486c934e762c872a984e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80834-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common types of cancer that affect females worldwide with hundreds of thousands of women dying annually due to this disease, mainly in developing countries. Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor for this cancer. There are no public awareness and national immunization programs in most Arab countries. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and awareness about the HPV vaccine among females in four Arab countries and their acceptance to receive the vaccine. A cross-sectional study was conducted in several Arab countries: Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iraq. Respondents that fulfilled the desired criteria and were willing to participate in the study were asked to fill out the survey. Knowledge and awareness were assessed using 13 questions. Ethical approvals were given from the four countries. A total of 3658 individuals participated in the study; however, 2804 responses were included in the analysis and more than one third of participants (n = 1007) were aged between 18 and 25 years old. This study revealed poor awareness and knowledge of the participants about HPV and its vaccine among all four countries’ participants with relatively better knowledge among participants from the UAE. Participants who are younger (18–25 years old), have a postgraduate education, have an education or career related to the medical field, or had a Pap smear in the last three years tend to have higher knowledge about the HPV vaccine compared to others. Poor knowledge and awareness findings in this study were expected, considering the lack of public education campaigns regarding the HPV virus coupled with the absence of the HPV vaccination from the national immunization schedule in three participating countries (Jordan, Qatar, and Iraq). It is recommended that there is a need to provide national educational campaigns about the HPV vaccine to the public in all Arab populations.Mervat M. AlsousAhlam A. AliSayer I. Al-AzzamMariam H. Abdel JalilHala J. Al-ObaidiEsraa I. Al-abbadiZainab K. HussainFeras J. JirjeesNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Mervat M. Alsous Ahlam A. Ali Sayer I. Al-Azzam Mariam H. Abdel Jalil Hala J. Al-Obaidi Esraa I. Al-abbadi Zainab K. Hussain Feras J. Jirjees Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities
description	Abstract Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common types of cancer that affect females worldwide with hundreds of thousands of women dying annually due to this disease, mainly in developing countries. Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor for this cancer. There are no public awareness and national immunization programs in most Arab countries. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and awareness about the HPV vaccine among females in four Arab countries and their acceptance to receive the vaccine. A cross-sectional study was conducted in several Arab countries: Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iraq. Respondents that fulfilled the desired criteria and were willing to participate in the study were asked to fill out the survey. Knowledge and awareness were assessed using 13 questions. Ethical approvals were given from the four countries. A total of 3658 individuals participated in the study; however, 2804 responses were included in the analysis and more than one third of participants (n = 1007) were aged between 18 and 25 years old. This study revealed poor awareness and knowledge of the participants about HPV and its vaccine among all four countries’ participants with relatively better knowledge among participants from the UAE. Participants who are younger (18–25 years old), have a postgraduate education, have an education or career related to the medical field, or had a Pap smear in the last three years tend to have higher knowledge about the HPV vaccine compared to others. Poor knowledge and awareness findings in this study were expected, considering the lack of public education campaigns regarding the HPV virus coupled with the absence of the HPV vaccination from the national immunization schedule in three participating countries (Jordan, Qatar, and Iraq). It is recommended that there is a need to provide national educational campaigns about the HPV vaccine to the public in all Arab populations.
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author	Mervat M. Alsous Ahlam A. Ali Sayer I. Al-Azzam Mariam H. Abdel Jalil Hala J. Al-Obaidi Esraa I. Al-abbadi Zainab K. Hussain Feras J. Jirjees
author_facet	Mervat M. Alsous Ahlam A. Ali Sayer I. Al-Azzam Mariam H. Abdel Jalil Hala J. Al-Obaidi Esraa I. Al-abbadi Zainab K. Hussain Feras J. Jirjees
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title	Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities
title_short	Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities
title_full	Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities
title_fullStr	Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities
title_sort	knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in arab communities
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/aaea6ead7f1e486c934e762c872a984e
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Knowledge and awareness about human papillomavirus infection and its vaccination among women in Arab communities

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