Awareness on cervical cancer and HPV vaccine and acceptance of vaccination amongst the female students in Centre of Foundation Studies (CFS) UiTM Puncak Alam / Afizah Arsad

Arsad, Afizah (2015) Awareness on cervical cancer and HPV vaccine and acceptance of vaccination amongst the female students in Centre of Foundation Studies (CFS) UiTM Puncak Alam / Afizah Arsad. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).

Abstract

There is a growing concern about individuals' awareness and willingness to receive the HPV vaccine since the young women are much dependant on the parents' acceptance of the vaccination. The aim of this study is to determine the awareness, initiative and willingness against cervical cancer and HPV vaccination among female students in Centre of Foundation Studies (CFS) UITM Puncak Alam. This is a cross sectional study with convenient sampling method. A validated questionnaire was used for data collection instrument. A total number of 444 female students participated in this study with more than half (68.1%) agreed that cervical cancer can be prevented by HPV vaccination. Female students were found to have a satisfactory level of awareness and willingness with total scores of over 70%.

Metadata

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Arsad, Afizah 2013688498
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Thesis advisor Abd Aziz, Noorizan UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal Medicine > Cancer
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Pharmacy
Programme:	Master in Pharmacy Practice
Keywords:	Awareness, HPV vaccine, cervical cancer
Date:	2015
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/73692