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HPV and Cervical Cancer Testing and Prevention: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes Among Hispanic Women

Jan Gaylord Vanslyke1, Julie Baum2, Veronica Plaza2, Maria Otero2, Cosette Wheeler2, and Deborah L. Helitzer2*

1 Coletta Reid and Associates, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: helitzer{at}salud.unm.edu.


  Abstract
Cervical cancer is a preventable disease resulting from infection with high-risk types of sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses (HPVs). Public knowledge of HPVs and their link to cervical cancer is limited. Participation in cervical cancer prevention programs, including Pap and HPV screening and HPV vaccine acceptance, is crucial for limiting the incidence of cervical cancer. Hispanic women suffer the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in the United States. In this study, we conducted community-based focus groups with Hispanic women to explore knowledge and attitudes relating to cervical cancer, HPV, HPV testing, and HPV vaccination. Study findings suggest a need to increase public health literacy in relation to HPV, the link between HPV and cervical cancer, and HPV primary and secondary prevention options. Health care providers should be prepared to share information with patients that supports and promotes informed decision making about HPV testing and vaccines and their complementary roles in cervical cancer screening and prevention.

First published on March 12, 2008, doi:10.1177/1049732308315734

Qualitative Health Research 2008;18:584.

A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2008

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