Assessment of Knowledge About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Primary School Girls in Arba Minch Town, South Ethiopia, 2020 an Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Primary School Girls in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2020, (N=516)

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Age in years	12_14	284	55
	≥15	232	45
Religion	Protestant	312	60.5
	Orthodox	148	28.7
	Catholic	20	3.9
	Muslim	17	3.3
	Others	19	3.7
Ethnic group	Gamo	368	71.3
	Gofa	46	8.9
	Amhara	33	6.4
	Oromo	23	4.5
	Wolayta	33	6.4
	Others	13	2.5
Residence	Urban	436	84.5
	Rural	80	15.5
Grade level	Grade 5and 6	219	42.4
	Grade 7 and 8	297	57.6
School type	Public	470	91.1
	Private	46	8.9
Mothers educational status	No education	112	21.7
	Primary education	115	22.3
	Secondary education	184	35.7
	More than secondary	105	20.3
Fathers educational status	No education	72	14.0
	Primary education	89	17.2
	Secondary education	107	20.7
	More than secondary	248	48.1

Table 2 Knowledge and Related Responses of Primary School Girls in Arba Minch Town, South Ethiopia, 2020, (N=516)

Variables		Frequency	Percent
Do you know HPV vaccination	Yes	409	79.3
	No	107	20.7
What is HPV vaccination	Given for prevention of cervical cancer	310	60.1
	Given for prevention of malaria	50	9.7
	Given for prevention of HIV ADDIS	16	3.1
	I do not know	140	27.1
An interval that someone take second HPV vaccination	6 month	314	60.9
	6 year	62	12.0
	1 month	26	5.0
	3 month	114	22.1
HPV vaccination should be taken before sex initiations	Yes	292	56.6
	No	224	43.4
Number of HPV vaccination	Twice	404	78.3
	Once	112	21.7
Possible to have cervical cancer screening after HPV vaccination	Yes	383	74.2
	No	133	25.8
Age at which someone undergo HPV vaccination	9–14 years	360	69.8
	18–21 years	30	5.8
	All ages	27	5.2
	I do not know	99	19.2
Obtained information about HPV vaccination from any source	Yes	357	69.2
	No	159	30.8
Information source	Social media	149	41.74
	Health care workers	106	29.69
	Families and friends	102	28.57
In your school, is there any reproductive health related clubs	Yes	357	69.2
	No	159	30.8
Knowledge level	Poor Knowledge	146	28.3 CI 95%(24.6_32.4)
	Good Knowledge	370	71.7 CI 95%(67.6_75.4)

Abbreviations: HPV, human papilloma virus; CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; AIDs, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Table 3 Association Between Socio-Demographic Factors and Knowledge Level of HPV Vaccination

Variables		Knowledge of HPV Vaccine		COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)	P _value
		Good	Poor
Age	12_14	180(34.9%)	104(20.2%)	1	1	1
	≥15	190(36.8%)	42(8.2%)	2.61(1.73_3.95)	3.74(2.20_6.37)	<0.001** *
School type	Public	330(64%)	140(27.1%)	1	1	1
	Private	40(7.8%)	6(1.2%)	2.83(1.17_6.82)	1.704(0.6_4.87)	0.32
Residence	Rural	52(10.1%)	28(5.4%)	1	1	1
	Urban	318(61.6%)	118(22.9%)	1.45(0.88_2.41)	1.27(0.68_2.39)	0.46
Grade level	5 and 6	136(26.4%)	83(16.1%)	1	1	1
	7and 8	234(45.3%)	63(12.2%)	2.27(1.54_3.35)	3.98(2.40_6.58)	<0.001***
Mothers’ educational status	No education	64(12.4%)	48(9.3%)	1	1	1
	Primary	58(11.2%)	57(11%)	0.76(0.45_1.29)	0.94(0.50_1.76)	0.84
	Secondary	155(30%)	29(5.6%)	4.01(2.32_6.92)	13.60(5.69_32.53)	<0.001***
	More than secondary	93(18%)	12(2.3%)	5.81(2.86_11.80)	22.27(8.23_60.30)	<0.001***
Fathers’ educational status	No education	37(7.2%)	35(6.8%)	1	1	1
	Primary	46(8.9%)	43(8.3%)	1.01(0.54_1.88)	0.73(0.35_1.55)	0.41
	Secondary	83(16.1%)	24(4.7%)	3.27(1.71_6.25)	1.98(0.90_4.36)	0.09
	More than secondary	204(39.5%)	44(8.5%)	4.39(2.49_7.72)	2.18(1.09_4.35)	0.03*
Herd about HPV vaccination from any source	Yes	260(50.4%)	97(18.8%)	1	1	1
	No	110(21.3%)	49(9.5%)	1.19(0.79_1.80)	8.65(3.92_19.07)	<0.001***
Reproductive health related information in school	Yes	254(49.2%)	103(20%)	0.91(0.60_1.39)	0.93(0.55_1.57)	0.77
	No	116(22.5%)	43(8.3%)	1	1	1

Notes: *p<0.05: statistically significant ***p<0.001: strongly statistically significant 1: Reference category.

Abbreviations: HPV, human papilloma virus; COR, crude odd ratio; AOR, adjusted odd ratio; CI, confidence interval.