Open Access<p>Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Associated Factors Among Parents of Daughters in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Tsigereda Alene,
Asmamaw Atnafu,
Zeleke Mekonnen,
Amare Minyihun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s275038
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , cervical cancer , daughter , logistic regression , human papillomavirus , demography , immunization , cross sectional study , environmental health , cancer , immunology , biology , pathology , evolutionary biology , sociology , antigen
Cervical cancer is one of the profound threats to women's lives and the fourth most common cancer among women. Ethiopia launched the human papilloma vaccination for the first time, with the support of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) in 2018. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the acceptability of the human papillomavirus vaccine and associated factors among parents of daughters in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia.