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Cobertura vacinal contra o papiloma vírus humano (HPV) e fatores associados em acadêmicas de uma universidade do sudoeste goiano

2021; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 55; Linguagem: Inglês

10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055003144

1518-8787

Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira, Carla Vitola Gonçalves, Guilherme Watte, Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa,

Science and Education Research

To check the coverage of the HPV vaccine in women enrolled in health courses at a university in southwest Goiás, Brazil, and the factors associated with vaccination.This is a cross-sectional study, including female university students of health courses, aged 18 years or more. A standardized and self-applying questionnaire was used. Participants who received two or more doses of the vaccine were considered immunized. Multiple analysis was performed using multinomial logistic regression.We observed that, of the 1510 participants, 473 (31.3%) had two or more doses of HPV vaccine, 167 (11.0%) one dose and 870 (57.6%) were unvaccinated. Participants under 21 years of age and in socioeconomic stratum A were 2 times more likely to have received two or more doses of the vaccine (Prevalence Ratio = 1.95; 95%CI 1.40-2.70 and Prevalence Ratio = 2.09; 95%CI 1.39-3.13, respectively).The research revealed extensive possibility for interventions with the aim of achieving greater vaccination coverage among female university students. Even women with more knowledge and high economic stratum showed low vaccination coverage, suggesting that results of higher vaccine coverage can be obtained with vaccination carried out in a school environment.