The Effect of HPV Education Provided to Women on Their Knowledge Levels, HPV Screening, and Vaccination Uptake

"Women's HPV Education and Its Effects on Knowledge Levels, HPV Screening Behaviors, and HPV Vaccination Uptake: An Interventional Education Study"

Type of Study: This study was planned to be an observational study.

Purpose of the Study: To evaluate the impact of HPV education given to women on their knowledge levels and HPV screening and vaccination.The main question[s] it aims to answer [is/are]:

H1: There is a difference in the mean Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Knowledge Scale score between the intervention group women who participated in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) education and the control group women.

H2: There is a difference between the intervention group women and the control group women in terms of their participation in HPV screening tests.

H2: There is a difference between the intervention group women and the control group women in terms of their HPV vaccination status.

Participants Participants will be assigned to a control and intervention group. Online training will be provided to the intervention group, and the results of the training will be reported.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being female
• Women aged 18-35 years
• Ability to speak and understand Turkish at a level sufficient to communicate with the researcher
• Having the technical equipment necessary to participate in a video interview
• No diagnosis of HPV positivity
• Not having received the HPV vaccine
• Not having undergone HPV DNA/Pap smear testing in the past 5 years
• No diagnosis of cervical cancer
• Voluntary willingness to participate in the study
• No diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being male
• Having severe physical or cognitive impairments that prevent completing the questionnaire
• Being under 18 years of age or over 35 years of age
• Inability to speak or understand Turkish
• Lack of technical equipment to participate in a video interview
• Having a diagnosis of HPV positivity
• Having received the HPV vaccine
• Having undergone HPV DNA/Pap smear testing in the past 5 years
• Having a diagnosis of cervical cancer
• Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder

Not agreeing to participate in the study