Abstract :
Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer is the second-most
common cancer in women worldwide, and India accounts for one third of global
cervical cancer deaths. (However, reduction of mortality/morbidity is due to cervical
cancer’s early detection and treatment of cervical precancerous lesions.) Though youth
are the prime candidates for prophylactic HPV vaccination, several studies have shown
that they had very little knowledge about HPV vaccination. We could not find any
documented study in Manipur regarding knowledge on cervical cancer and HPV
infection. Hence this study was undertaken to determine the knowledge on cervical
cancer, HPV infections, HPV vaccine among the college students and to assess their
attitude towards vaccination and to determine the association between knowledge on
cervical cancer and HPV infection with selected socio-demographic variables such as
age, sex, etc.
Keyword :
Cervical cancer, HPV vaccination, Knowledge, Students.