Table 3.
HPV Vaccine Knowledge among study participants
| Parameter |
Nakasongola (n = 200) |
Luweero (n = 200) |
P- value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freq. | Percent (95% CI) | Freq. | Percent (95% CI) | ||
| Ever heard about HPV vaccine: | |||||
| Yes |
187 |
93.5 (89.1 – 96.5) |
5 |
2.5 (0.8 – 5.7) |
*<.0001 |
| No |
13 |
6.5 (3.5 – 10.9) |
195 |
97.5 (94.3 – 99.2) |
|
| Know how HPV is transmitted: | |||||
| Yes |
83 |
41.5 (34.6 – 48.7) |
79 |
39.5 (32.7 – 46.6) |
0.684 |
| No |
117 |
58.5 (51.3 – 65.4) |
121 |
60.5 (53.4 – 67.3) |
|
| Know how HPV is Prevented: | |||||
| Yes |
130 |
65.0 (58.0 – 71.6) |
73 |
36.5 (29.8 – 43.6) |
*<.0001 |
| No |
70 |
35.0 (28.4 – 42.0) |
127 |
63.5 (56.4 – 70.2) |
|
| Know that HPV vaccine prevents only HPV: | |||||
| Yes |
131 |
65.5 (58.5 – 72.1) |
21 |
10.5 (6.6 – 15.6) |
*<.0001 |
| No |
69 |
34.5 (27.9 – 41.5) |
179 |
89.5 (84.4 – 93.4) |
|
| Think that HPV vaccine prevents other STDs: | |||||
| Yes |
85 |
42.5 (35.6 – 49.7) |
63 |
31.5 (25.1 – 38.4) |
*<.0001 |
| No |
105 |
52.5 (45.3 – 59.6) |
82 |
41.0 (34.1 – 48.2) |
|
| Don’t know |
10 |
5.0 (2.4 – 9.0) |
55 |
27.5 (21.4 – 34.2) |
|
| Think that HPV vaccination will make girls sexually active : | |||||
| Yes |
14 |
7.0 (3.9 – 11.5) |
18 |
9.0 (5.4 – 13.9) |
<.0001 |
| No |
173 |
86.5 (81.0 – 90.9) |
132 |
66.0 (59.0 – 72.5) |
|
| Don’t know | 13 | 6.5 (3.5 – 10.9) | 50 | 25.0 (19.2 – 31.6) | |
*Significant at 5% significance level.
The proportion of girls who had ever heard about HPV vaccine, knew how HPV was prevented and knew that the vaccine prevented HPV only was significantly higher in Nakasongola than Luwero. Significantly, more girls in Nakasongola did not think that HPV vaccination would make girls become sexually active.