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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1493589

Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Information Needs of Women Vaccinated with the HPV Vaccine Regarding Cervical Cancer Prevention: A Cross-Sectional Study

Provisionally accepted
Xuan Zhou Xuan Zhou 1Miaomiao Wu Miaomiao Wu 1Yuling Zhou Yuling Zhou 1Fang Su Fang Su 1Yiqing He Yiqing He 1Jinxia Ding Jinxia Ding 2Lunfang Xie Lunfang Xie 1*
  • 1 Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
  • 2 First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China

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    Background: Cervical cancer poses a serious threat to women's health globally, especially in China. HPV vaccination and screening are crucial prevention and control measures. However, the screening coverage among Chinese women remains low, and there is a need to better understand the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of Chinese HPV-vaccinated women regarding cervical cancer prevention to optimize prevention and control strategies.Objectives: To explore the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of women vaccinated with the HPV vaccine regarding cervical cancer prevention.

    Keywords: cervical cancer, HPV vaccine, screening, knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, Information needs

    Received: 09 Sep 2024; Accepted: 31 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Zhou, Wu, Zhou, Su, He, Ding and Xie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lunfang Xie, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, Anhui Province, China

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