Abstract：
The aim of the study was to examine the knowledge, attitude and uptake of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine among 302 parents whose adolescents\' children utilized care services at the General Practice Units (GPU) of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). Systematic sampling technique was used to select respondents for the study. Self-administered questionnaire that was pretested was used in collecting information from the respondents. The characteristics of the respondents were described using simple proportion and frequency. Also, knowledge and attitude of respondents on HPV and its vaccine were presented using simple proportion and frequency. The Chi-square test examined factors associated with uptake of HPV vaccine. The results indicate that 42.4% of the respondents have heard of HPV infection, whil only 18.5% have heard of HPV vaccine. By contrast, 18.5% of the respondents reported that their children had been vaccinated. Attitude of the respondents on the vaccine was not impressive given that only 34.4% reported that the vaccine was important, while 56.6% reported that they will advise their friends to be vaccinated. A higher proportion of children who were vaccinated were those whose parents believed that their children will be vulnerable without vaccination and those whose religion did not disapprove of the vaccination. We conclude that the knowledge of HPV among parents in this population is low; the knowledge of the vaccine and its uptake is low; while attitude towards the vaccine is unimpressive. We recommend the adoption of intervention programmes to improve the knowledge and encourage th uptake of the vaccine among adolescents in this population.
摘要：
这项研究的目的是检查知识，在贝宁大学教学医院（UBTH）的全科诊所（GPU）提供护理服务的302名父母中，他们对人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗的态度和摄取。使用系统抽样技术选择研究的受访者。预先测试的自我管理问卷用于收集受访者的信息。使用简单的比例和频率来描述受访者的特征。此外，受访者对HPV及其疫苗的知识和态度用简单的比例和频率呈现.卡方检验检查了与HPV疫苗摄取相关的因素。结果表明,42.4%的受访者听说过HPV感染,只有18.5%的人听说过HPV疫苗。相比之下,18.5%的受访者报告说他们的孩子接种了疫苗。受访者对疫苗的态度并不令人印象深刻，因为只有34.4％的人表示疫苗很重要，而56.6%的人报告说他们会建议他们的朋友接种疫苗。接种疫苗的儿童比例较高的是那些父母认为他们的孩子没有接种疫苗会很脆弱的人，以及那些宗教信仰不赞成接种疫苗的人。我们得出的结论是，该人群中父母对HPV的了解程度很低；对疫苗及其摄取的了解程度很低；而对疫苗的态度并不令人印象深刻。我们建议采取干预计划，以提高该人群中青少年的知识并鼓励他们接种疫苗。
