TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of human papilloma virus knowledge levels of university students by providing training
TT  - Üniversite öğrencilerinin human papilloma virüsü bilgi düzeylerinin eğitim verilerek değerlendirilmesi
AU  - Karacalı Tunç, Ayşe
AU  - Sarıtaş, Büşra Merve
AU  - Marzi, Mahdi
PY  - 2025
DA  - August
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.61534/anatoljhr.1556257
JF  - Anatolian Journal of Health Research
JO  - Anatolian J Health Res
PB  - Tuba UÇAR
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2757-6051
SP  - 96
EP  - 102
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Aim: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is known to cause various cancers. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the impact of HPV awareness education on university students' knowledge levels regarding HPV. Method: The study was designed in a one-group quasi-experimental design. The HPV knowledge scale was used in the study. In this context, pre-test and post-test were applied to 66 students to evaluate their HPV knowledge levels and the sustainability of their awareness after receiving training. Under the name of HPV awareness, students were trained for a period of four weeks. The same test was reapplied two weeks later to test the retention of the student's learning. In the study, repeated measures ANOVA analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: In the total score of the “HPV Knowledge” scale; in the sub-dimension "General HPV Knowledge" significant difference was found among the groups according to knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases and the variables of knowledge about cervical cancer (p
KW  - cancer of the cervix
KW  - human papillomavirus
KW  - vaccination
N2  - Amaç: Human Papilloma Virüsü (HPV) çeşitli kanserlere neden olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu nedenle çalışmamızın amacı HPV farkındalık eğitiminin üniversite öğrencilerinin HPV hakkındaki bilgi düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisini araştırmaktır.Yöntem: Çalışma tek gruplu yarı deneysel desende tasarlandı. Çalışmada HPV bilgi ölçeği kullanıldı. Bu kapsamda 66 öğrenciye HPV bilgi düzeyleri ve eğitim aldıktan sonra farkındalıklarının sürdürülebilirliğini değerlendirmek amacıyla ön test ve son test uygulandı. HPV farkındalığı adı altında öğrencilere dört haftalık bir sürede eğitim verildi. Aynı test öğrencinin öğrenmesinin kalıcılığını test etmek amacıyla iki hafta sonra tekrar uygulandı. Çalışmada verilerin analizi için tekrarlı ölçümlerde ANOVA analiz kullanıldı.Bulgular: “HPV Bilgisi” ölçeği toplam puanında; “Genel HPV Bilgisi” alt boyutunda, cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklara ilişkin bilgi ve serviks kanserine ilişkin bilgi değişkenlerine göre gruplar arasında anlamlı fark bulunmuştur (p
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.61534/anatoljhr.1556257
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4241751
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