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HPV Vaccine Awareness and Knowledge Among Women Living with HIV

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Cervical cancer risk is increased among women living with HIV (WLH). Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has been shown to be safe and immunogenic among WLH. We examined HPV vaccine awareness and HPV knowledge among WLH. This cross-sectional study collected data from 145 WLH between March 2011 and April 2012. An interviewer-administered survey assessed HPV vaccine awareness and knowledge. Stata/IC 13 was used to perform chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Our sample was 90 % non-Hispanic black and 64 % earned <$10,000/year. Few (38 %) had heard of the HPV vaccine. Half (50 %) knew that HPV caused cervical cancer. HPV vaccine awareness was ten times higher among WLH who knew HPV caused cervical cancer (OR = 10.17; 95 % CI 3.82–27.06). HPV vaccine awareness is low among WLH. Cancer prevention efforts aimed at raising awareness about the HPV vaccine and increasing knowledge about HPV are necessary first steps in reducing cervical cancer disparities among WLH.

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Financial support to conduct this research study and prepare this manuscript was provided by the following grant awards that were funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute (NCI) (U01CA114601-05S4, PI: Hébert; K01CA175239, PI: Wigfall; K05CA136975, PI: Hébert; U54CA153461, PI: Hébert). The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH, NCI, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, or Department of Defense.

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  1. Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    L. T. Wigfall

  2. South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    L. T. Wigfall, H. M. Brandt & J. R. Hébert

  3. Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    S. A. Bynum

  4. Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    H. M. Brandt

  5. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    J. R. Hébert

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Dr. Heather M. Brandt is a member of the US HPV Advisory Board of Merck.

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Wigfall, L.T., Bynum, S.A., Brandt, H.M. et al. HPV Vaccine Awareness and Knowledge Among Women Living with HIV. J Canc Educ 31, 187–190 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-015-0943-8

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