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Knowledge gaps and acquisition about HPV and its vaccine among Brazilian medical students.

Annielson de Souza CostaJéssica de Menezes GomesAna Cláudia Camargo Gonçalves GermaniMatheus Reis da SilvaEdige Felipe de Sousa SantosJosé Maria Soares JúniorEdmund Chada BaracatIsabel Cristiana Espósito Sorpreso
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Male medical students, in the first year of medical school, and those who were not vaccinated had significant knowledge gaps about HPV. The novelty of the study includes the finding of non- acquisition of knowledge during the medical school graduation on safety and vaccination schedule and vaccine administration in specific populations.
Keyphrases
  • medical students
  • healthcare
  • high grade
  • cervical cancer screening
  • genetic diversity