Investigation on HPV vaccination status and vaccination willingness among rural women aged 18-45 years in Yancheng district,Luohe city
Objective To investigate HPV vaccination status and vaccination willingness among rural women aged 18-45 years in Yancheng District,Luohe city so as to provide the reference for improving the HPV vaccination rate in rural areas.Methods Using the method of cluster random sampling,women aged 18-45 years from six townships of Yancheng district were selected from April-May 2023 as the survey respondents.Questionnaire was designed by ourselves to collect general demographic characteristics,HPV vaccine cognition,HPV vaccination status and vaccination willingness,and descriptive analysis was conducted on the survey results.Results Of the 486 rural women aged 18-45 years,20.16%had good cognition of HPV vaccine,and 79.84%had poor cognition;36 people had been vaccinated with HPV vaccine,with the vaccination rate of 7.41%.There were differences between those who had been vaccinated and those who hadn't been vaccinated in terms of age,literacy level,per capita monthly household income,and cognition of HPV vaccine(all P<0.05);of the 450 who hadn't been vaccinated,41.78%of them expressed willingness to receive HPV vaccine.Conclusions The HPV vaccination rate and vaccination willingness are low among rural women aged 18-45 years in Yancheng district of Luohe city.It is necessary to improve the HPV vaccination rate through rational and effective health education,increasing the supply of vaccine,adjusting the price of vaccine and other measures.