No difference in sexual behavior of adolescent girls following Human Papilloma Virus vaccination: a case study two districts in Uganda; Nakasongola and Luwero

Table 3 HPV Vaccine Knowledge among study participants

Parameter	Nakasongola (n = 200)		Luweero (n = 200)		P- value
Parameter	Freq.	Percent (95% CI)	Freq.	Percent (95% CI)	P- value
Ever heard about HPV vaccine:
Yes	187	93.5 (89.1 – 96.5)	5	2.5 (0.8 – 5.7)	*<.0001
No	13	6.5 (3.5 – 10.9)	195	97.5 (94.3 – 99.2)
Know how HPV is transmitted:
Yes	83	41.5 (34.6 – 48.7)	79	39.5 (32.7 – 46.6)	0.684
No	117	58.5 (51.3 – 65.4)	121	60.5 (53.4 – 67.3)
Know how HPV is Prevented:
Yes	130	65.0 (58.0 – 71.6)	73	36.5 (29.8 – 43.6)	*<.0001
No	70	35.0 (28.4 – 42.0)	127	63.5 (56.4 – 70.2)
Know that HPV vaccine prevents only HPV:
Yes	131	65.5 (58.5 – 72.1)	21	10.5 (6.6 – 15.6)	*<.0001
No	69	34.5 (27.9 – 41.5)	179	89.5 (84.4 – 93.4)
Think that HPV vaccine prevents other STDs:
Yes	85	42.5 (35.6 – 49.7)	63	31.5 (25.1 – 38.4)	*<.0001
No	105	52.5 (45.3 – 59.6)	82	41.0 (34.1 – 48.2)
Don’t know	10	5.0 (2.4 – 9.0)	55	27.5 (21.4 – 34.2)
Think that HPV vaccination will make girls sexually active :
Yes	14	7.0 (3.9 – 11.5)	18	9.0 (5.4 – 13.9)	<.0001
No	173	86.5 (81.0 – 90.9)	132	66.0 (59.0 – 72.5)
Don’t know	13	6.5 (3.5 – 10.9)	50	25.0 (19.2 – 31.6)

*Significant at 5% significance level.
The proportion of girls who had ever heard about HPV vaccine, knew how HPV was prevented and knew that the vaccine prevented HPV only was significantly higher in Nakasongola than Luwero. Significantly, more girls in Nakasongola did not think that HPV vaccination would make girls become sexually active.