TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigation of Women's Health Literacy and Health Beliefs About Human Papilloma Virus and Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study
TT  - Kadınların Sağlık Okuryazarlığı ve Human Papilloma Virüsü ve Aşısına Yönelik Sağlık İnançlarının İncelenmesi: Kesitsel ve Tanımlayıcı Tipte Bir Araştırma
AU  - Karakuş Selçuk, Aslı
AU  - Hakim, Janıl Alanur
PY  - 2025
DA  - August
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.46413/boneyusbad.1553990
JF  - Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi
PB  - Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2687-2145
SP  - 443
EP  - 455
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Aim: This study aimed at investigating the women’s health literacy levels and health beliefs regarding human papillomavirus and human papillomavirus vaccine. Material and Method: The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a gynecology outpatient clinic between November 2023 and March 2024 in Türkiye. The sample of the study consisted of 368 women. The descriptive characteristics questionnaire of the participants, Health Belief Model Scale for Human Papilloma Virus and its Vaccination and Health Literacy Scale were used to obtain research data. Results: Results indicated that while the participants’ perceived barriers sub-dimension score was below the average, their scores for the perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived susceptibility sub-dimensions were above the average. Women who were young, those who were single, those who had senior high school or higher education, who were employed, those who did not have children, who had gynecological examinations regularly and those who had received training on human papillomavirus had higher health literacy and perception levels. A positive relationship was determined between health literacy, and perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived susceptibility.Conclusion: Health professionals can contribute to increasing women's general health literacy knowledge levels by providing guidance to help them understand and implement health information better.
KW  - Human papillomavirus
KW  - Vaccine
KW  - Belief
KW  - Health literacy
N2  - Amaç: Bu çalışmada kadınların sağlık okuryazarlığı ile human papilloma virüs ve aşısına yönelik sağlık inançlarının araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel tanımlayıcı çalışma, Kasım 2023 ile Mart 2024 tarihleri arasında Türkiye'de bir jinekoloji polikliniğinde yürütülmüştür. Çalışmanın örneklemini 368 kadın oluşturmuştur. Araştırma verilerini elde etmek için katılımcıların tanımlayıcı özellikler soru formu, Human Papilloma Virüsü ve Aşısına Yönelik Sağlık İnanç Modeli Ölçeği ve Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Sonuçlar: Katılımcıların algılanan engeller alt boyut puanının ortalamanın altında olduğunu, algılanan ciddiyet, algılanan yarar ve algılanan duyarlılık alt boyut puanlarının ise ortalamanın üzerinde olduğu saptanmıştır. Genç, bekar, lise veya üzeri eğitime sahip, çalışan, çocuğu olmayan, düzenli olarak jinekolojik muayene yaptıran ve human papilloma virüsü konusunda eğitim almış kadınların sağlık okuryazarlığı ve sağlık inançları düzeyleri daha yüksektir. Sağlık okuryazarlığı ile algılanan ciddiyet, algılanan yarar ve algılanan duyarlılık arasında pozitif bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir.Sonuç: Sağlık profesyonelleri, sağlık bilgilerini daha iyi anlamalarına ve uygulamalarına yardımcı olmak için rehberlik sağlayarak kadınların genel sağlık okuryazarlığı bilgi düzeylerinin artırılmasına katkıda bulunabilirler.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.46413/boneyusbad.1553990
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4231559
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