Open AccessAttitudes and perceptions towards HPV vaccination among young women in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Aneela Hussain,
Abdullah Alkhenizan,
Patricia McWalter,
Nusrat Qazi,
Amal Alshmassi,
Samina Farooqi,
Ahmed Abdulkarim
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.189107
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , family medicine , vaccination , hpv infection , psychological intervention , incidence (geometry) , population , hpv vaccines , gynecology , cancer , environmental health , nursing , immunology , physics , optics
Rising incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer can be reduced by effective vaccination. Saudi Food and Drug Administration approved prophylactic HPV vaccine in 2010 for females of 11-26 years.