Perceptions of HPV Vaccine amongst UK University Students.

Purpose – The aim of this small‐scale focus group study is to explore the impact the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine has on attitudes towards HPV, cervical cancer and sexual risk taking amongst university students in the UK.Design/methodology/approach – Participants were recruited through advertisements placed on notice boards throughout the campus of the University of Leeds. The study sampled purposively to obtain two groups of ten men and two groups of ten women. A total of 34 people attended the sessions. The missing participants gave no reason for the absence. Those who agreed to take part were aged 19‐24 and were from a range of academic courses. Ethical approval was sought and approved by the Medical School Ethics Committee at the University of Leeds.Findings – Participants saw HPV as being distinct from genital warts. This led to a duality in their view of the vaccine, which they saw as a cancer vaccine for schoolgirls and as an STI vaccine in relation to people of their own age, and thus belie...

目的——这项小规模焦点小组研究的目的是探讨人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗对英国大学生对HPV、宫颈癌和性风险承担的态度的影响。 设计/方法/途径——参与者是通过在利兹大学整个校园的布告栏上张贴广告招募的。该研究有目的地抽样，以获得两组各10名男性和两组各10名女性。共有34人参加了会议。缺席的参与者没有说明缺席原因。那些同意参加的人年龄在19 - 24岁之间，来自一系列学术课程。利兹大学医学院伦理委员会寻求并批准了伦理许可。 研究结果——参与者认为HPV与生殖器疣不同。这导致他们对疫苗的看法存在二元性，他们将其视为女学生的癌症疫苗，以及与他们自己年龄的人相关的性传播感染疫苗，因此……