Knowledge, attitude and perception towards immunization with HPV vaccine among female university student

Human Papilloma Virus is a main cause for cervical cancer as well as vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal and also oropharyngeal cancer. The burden of HPV associated disease still high across country in the world regardless the technological advancement in conveying information. Limited knowledge on HPV, risk associated with HPV and advantages of being vaccinated could exposed the female to complication from HPV To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and perception toward immunization by HPV vaccine among public in UITM Puncak Alam. The study was a cross-sectional study conducted among female students of universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Puncak Alam. Respondents were given questionnaire consist of question regarding knowledge, attitude and perception toward immunization with HPV vaccine. Purposive sampling sampling method were used for this study. Both female health related and non-health related student have not have adequate knowledge regarding HPV and HPV vaccine. From the data obtained, the health related female student was statistically and significantly higher level of knowledge compare to the non-health related female student. (p<0.001). Most of female respondents attitude toward HPV immunization affected by vaccine benefits, barrier to be vaccinated, external influences and vaccination behaviour. The differences between health related female student and non-health related female student regarding knowledge of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and HPV vaccine