Acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccination among first year female university students in Hong Kong

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-271

  Wong, William C W ^a   Fong, Ben ^b   Chan, Paul K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Health promotion; Willingness.

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; UNSAFE SEX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; STUDENTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450213640     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09017     Document Type: Article

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