Vaccine X • Vol 15
Knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and human papilloma virus vaccine among Saudi women of childbearing age: A community-based cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia
July 2023 • Abdulrahim Gari, Manar A. Ghazzawi, Shahad A. Ghazzawi, Shahd M. Alharthi, Elaf A. Yanksar, Rawan M. Almontashri, Raghad Batarfi, Lina I. Kinkar, Sae…
Most participants displayed good knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors, but not about HPV vaccine. Very alarmingly, less than 5% of the participants received HPV vaccine and close to 40% of them declined to receive the HPV vaccine. Mechanisms to increase public awareness about HPV vaccine and its acceptance by women are recommended.