Open AccessAssessment of understanding about human papilloma virus vaccination among undergraduate medical students in a developing country: Perspective from India
Author(s) -
Charu Sharma,
Pratibha Singh,
Isha Kaur Arora,
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Arunima Saini,
Meenakshi Gothwal,
Manisha Jhirwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_893_20
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , vaccination , genital warts , hpv infection , family medicine , human papilloma virus , penile cancer , cross sectional study , descriptive statistics , cancer , gynecology , immunology , pathology , statistics , mathematics
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection responsible for cervical cancer in women. There is no cure for HPV but safe and effective vaccinations before sexual debut can definitely decrease the incidence of cervical cancer. This research aims to explore the basic understanding of medical students about cervical cancer, HPV and HPV vaccination.