Table 4.

HPV-related content of health education: overall sample, and divided by school type.

	% of total (n=155)	% total, Middle School Sample (n=66)	% total, High School Sample (n=89)
Health education curriculum includes information on HPV as a specific topic?
Yes	71.6%	54.5%	84.3%
Among those teaching about HPV	N=111	N=36	N=75
What information is discussed?*
HPV is sexually transmitted	95.5%	97.2%	94.7%
HPV can cause cervical cancer	90.1%	83.3%	93.3%
HPV can cause genital warts	86.5%	77.8%	90.7%
HPV can cause abnormal Pap smears	69.3%	58.3%	74.7%
Both men and women can get HPV	84.7%	86.1%	84.0%
HPV is usually asymptomatic	74.8%	63.9%	80.0%
There is a vaccine that can protect against some forms of HPV	83.8%	86.1%	82.7%

^*Participants could choose >1 response.

Bolded percentages indicate statistically significant differences between MS and HS.