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                                                                                    <journal-title>Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1018-3655</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">3108-6667</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Erciyes Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.34108/eujhs.1663013</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Public Health Nursing</subject>
                                                            <subject>Nursing (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği</subject>
                                                            <subject>Hemşirelik (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>University Students&#039; Knowledge and Health Beliefs Regarding Human Papillomavirus and Vaccines</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Human Papilloma Virüsü ve Aşılara İlişkin Bilgi ve Sağlık İnançları</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1324-2509</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kanar İnce</surname>
                                    <given-names>Esra</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ERZURUM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY</aff>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8851-7044</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yıldırım</surname>
                                    <given-names>Nilüfer</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ERZURUM TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260416">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>16</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>35</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>42</fpage>
                                        <lpage>54</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250321">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>21</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260306">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>06</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1993, Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1993</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>The study aims to evaluate knowledge and health beliefs related to Human Papillomavirus infection and Human Papillomavirus vaccination among female university students. The study was conducted cross-sectionally, with non-probability sampling, on 329 female students studying at a university. Each participant was informed before the study, and verbal consent was obtained. Three forms were used as data collection tools: Introductory Information Form, “Human Papillomavirus Infection Knowledge Scale,” and “Human Papillomavirus Infection and Vaccination Health Belief Model Scale. It was found that 51.4% of participants were knowledgeable about Human Papilloma Virus infection, 59.9% had previously received information about the vaccine, and 76.9% did not want to be vaccinated. Participants received 2.71±2.23 points from the Human Papillomavirus Infection Knowledge Scale, and their knowledge level was weak. Education programs for cervical cancer, pap smear tests, and the Human Papillomavirus Infection vaccine should be planned and implemented.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Çalışmanın amacı, üniversitede öğrenim gören kadın öğrencilerin Human Papilloma Virus Enfeksiyonu ve aşıları hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerini ve sağlık inançlarını değerlendirmektir. Çalışma, olasılık dışı örnekleme ile, bir üniversitede öğrenim gören 329 kadın öğrenci üzerinde kesitsel olarak yürütülmüştür. Her katılımcıya çalışmadan önce bilgi verilmiş ve sözlü onam alınmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak üç form kullanılmıştır: Giriş Bilgi Formu, “Human Papilloma virus Enfeksiyon Bilgi Ölçeği” ve “Human Papilloma Virus Enfeksiyon ve Aşılama Sağlık İnanç Modeli Ölçeği.” Katılımcıların %51.4’ü Human Papilloma Virus Enfeksiyonu hakkında bilgi sahibi olduğu, %59.9’u daha önce aşı hakkında bilgi aldığı ve %76.9’u aşı olmayı istemediği saptanmıştır. Katılımcılar Human Papilloma Virus Enfeksiyon Bilgi Ölçeği’nden 2.71±2.23 puan almış olup, bilgi düzeyleri zayıftır. Rahim ağzı kanseri, pap smear testleri ve Human Papilloma Virus Enfeksiyonu aşısı için eğitim programları planlanmalı ve uygulanmalıdır</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>College students</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  human papillomavirus infection</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  nursing.</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Üniversite öğrencileri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  human papilloma virus enfeksiyonu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  hemşirelik.</kwd>
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