September 18, 2024Frontiers in Public HealthOpen Access

Awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine among college students in China

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Survey demonstrates moderate HPV vaccine awareness and low uptake among college students, highlighting the necessity of targeted health education.

Vaccination rates against HPV remained strikingly low at 4.2%, although 63.2% of surveyed college students expressed willingness to receive the HPV vaccine.
Logistic regression analysis across 650 university students revealed that sexual history and mother cervical cancer screening significantly influenced vaccine awareness.
Highlights the urgent necessity for targeted cervical cancer prevention initiatives and tailored educational outreach to improve HPV vaccine coverage across campuses.

Li et al. (2024) studied this question.

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Survey demonstrates moderate HPV vaccine awareness and low uptake among college students, highlighting the necessity of targeted health education.