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- Title
Knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus and vaccination.
- Authors
Carneiro da Silva, Priscila Mendonça; Barbosa Silva, Izabele Maria; da Conceição Souza, Iris Nayara; Interaminense; Pereira Linhares, Francisca Márcia; Serrano, Solange Queiroga; Pontes, Cleide Maria
- Abstract
Objective: Uncover knowledge and attitudes of girls, mothers, teachers and health professionals about human papillomavirus and vaccination. Method: A qualitative study carried out by means of focus groups in public elementary schools and health units of Sanitary District IV from Recife-PE, Brazil, between June and July 2015. The sample was six schoolchildren, ten adolescents, nine mothers, ten teachers, thirteen health professionals and seven community health agents. Speeches were analyzed with the technique of Discourse of Collective Subject (DSC), using the Qualiquantisoft, version 1.3c software. Results: Four categories emerged from the DSC: controversial understanding of HPV; transmissibility of HPV virus; adequate knowledge about the vaccine; and education in health. Final considerations: Different levels of knowledge - doubts and misconceptions - about the subject were unveiled. However, attitudes were favorable to adhesion to immunization. Realities that need to be problematized in the educational practice of nurses.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS disease prevention; TRANSMISSION of papillomavirus diseases; HUMAN papillomavirus vaccines; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COMMUNITY health services; DISCOURSE analysis; ELEMENTARY schools; FAMILY nursing; FOCUS groups; HEALTH education; IMMUNIZATION of children; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL personnel; MOTHERS; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH; SCHOOL children; TEACHERS; VACCINATION; QUALITATIVE research; JUDGMENT sampling; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HEALTH literacy; DATA analysis software; CHILDREN; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Anna Nery School Journal of Nursing / Escola Anna Nery Revista de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1414-8145
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2017-0390