Effect of an educational intervention on HPV knowledge and attitudes towards HPV and its vaccines among junior middle school students in Chengdu, China

Table 4 Awareness and attitudes between two groups at one-year follow up

Items	Control group	Intervention group	P ^b
Items	n (%)	n (%)	P ^b
Cause for cervical cancer
HPV infection	150 (23.1)	298 (36.0)	< 0.001
Sexually transmitted disease	101 (15.6)	177 (21.4)
Other answers^c	398 (61.3)	353 (42.6)
Total^a	649	828
The transmission route of HPV
Sexual transmission	289 (46.5)	518 (63.8)	< 0.001
Other answers^d	332 (53.5)	294 (36.2)
Total^a	621	812
The most effective method to prevent HPV infection
HPV vaccination	348 (54.3)	586 (71.4)	0.001
Other answers^e	293 (45.7)	235 (28.6)
Total^a	641	821
The best age to get vaccinated
Primary school and below	153 (23.7)	165 (20.0)	< 0.001
Junior high school	115 (17.8)	305 (36.9)
Senior high school and above	125 (19.3)	148 (17.9)
Anytime/no answer	253 (39.2)	209 (25.3)
Total^a	646	827
Are you willing to vaccinate yourself?
Yes	438 (68.1)	647 (78.8)	< 0.001
No	205 (31.9)	172 (21.2)
Total^a	643	821

^aNumbers do not add up to 652 in the control group and to 830 in the intervention group due to some incomplete answers
^bChi-squared test
^cIncluding: heredity, multiple sexual partners, bacterial infection, bad health habits, smoking and other unhealthy life style, no answer
^dIncluding: airborne transmission, food-borne transmission, all of the three routes
^eIncluding: regular condom use, sexual onset at early age, avoiding multiple sexual partners, no answer

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