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College Females' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward Gardasil and the Human Papillomavirus

Spires, Andrea Nicole
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272826277

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2010, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - Communication.
The Human Pappilomavirus (HPV) has been found to be the most common viral sexually transmitted disease in the United States. It can cause both genital warts and cervical cancer (Vamos, McDermott, & Daley, 2008).Recently, the pharmaceutical company, Merck and Co., released the vaccine Gardasil to prevent 4 types of HPV. It protects against the strains HPV-6, HPV-11, HPV-16, and HPV-18 (Huang 2008). This project will look at female students’ perception of the Gardasil vaccine, whether they have received the vaccine or not, with whom they are talking about the vaccine, and their motivation for getting the Gardasil vaccine. With this information we will be able to better understand the perception of HPV and who is getting the vaccine and why with the help of Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model. To conduct this research surveys were administered online with both open and closed ended questions.
Judith Weiner, PhD (Advisor)
Larry Nadler, PhD (Committee Member)
Elise Radina, PhD (Committee Member)
42 p.
Communication; Health
Gardasil; HPV; Human Papillomavirus; Cervical Cancer

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  • Spires, A. N. (2010). College Females' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward Gardasil and the Human Papillomavirus [Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272826277

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Spires, Andrea. College Females' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward Gardasil and the Human Papillomavirus. 2010. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272826277.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Spires, Andrea. "College Females' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward Gardasil and the Human Papillomavirus." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272826277

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