Effects of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Education on College Women's Knowledge, Health Belief, and Preventive Behavior Intention
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
;
: 715-723, 2011.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-116113
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to evaluated the effects of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination education on college women's knowledge of HPV, health beliefs (perceived severity and perceived susceptibility), and preventive behavior intention.METHODS:
A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design with repeated measures was used. Participants were 125 female college students in one university, assigned to an experimental group (72 students) and control group (53 students).RESULTS:
Two weeks after the intervention, the experimental group reported higher scores of knowledge, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, and preventive behavior intention than the control group. All follow-up scores except intention measured at 5 weeks after the intervention from the experimental group remained still higher than those from the control group.CONCLUSION:
The results suggest that the variable of preventive behavior intention which is believed to be the closest predictor of real vaccination rate could be affected by the education, but did not remain at the same level at 5 weeks. Therefore, additional interventions may need to be provided before the educational effect on preventive behavior intention is greatly diminished.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Students
/
Universities
/
Health Behavior
/
Program Evaluation
/
Attitude to Health
/
Health Status
/
Health Education
/
Surveys and Questionnaires
/
Vaccination
/
Knowledge
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
/
Prognostic study
/
Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS