Program/Inside Knowledge collaboration

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• Alternative Title:
  J Womens Health (Larchmt)
• Personal Author:
  Townsend, Julie S. ; Puckett, Mary ; Gelb, Cynthia A. ; Whiteside, Martin ; Thorsness, Julia ; Stewart, Sherri L.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  Over 16,000 women are diagnosed with a human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated gynecologic cancer every year. Because most of these cancers are preventable, correct and appropriate information about the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer screening can help reduce incidence.
  
  Methods:
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer campaign materials, which were used by seven National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) recipients in tailored educational sessions on gynecologic cancer with women and health care providers in the community setting. Session participants completed pre- and post-session questionnaires. Differences in knowledge and intentions were assessed using chi square tests for women in the general public, obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs), primary care physicians (PCPs), and other health care providers.
  
  Results:
  
  Women’s knowledge improved significantly pre- to post-session that HPV causes vaginal (39% to 65%, p <0.001) and vulvar cancers (26% to 60%, p <0.001), but post-session few women correctly identified all HPV-associated gynecologic cancers (15%). From pre- to post-session, more women were able to correctly identify recommended age groups for whom the HPV vaccine is recommended (15% to 30%, p <0.001), and that the Pap test only screens for cervical cancer (58% to 73%, p <0.001). Among providers, OB/GYNs had more baseline knowledge of HPV-associated gynecologic cancers than other providers. Post-session, PCPs and other providers increased their knowledge of HPV vaccine recommended age groups (33% to 71% and 23% to 61%, respectively), and the three-year recommended screening interval for the Pap test (73% to 91% and 63% to 85%, respectively). HPV vaccine knowledge did not show significant improvement among OB/GYNs post-sessions.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Women and health care providers who attended the Inside Knowledge sessions significantly improved their knowledge of HPV-associated gynecologic cancers. Additional educational activities during the sessions that support distinguishing between HPV-associated versus other gynecologic cancers and clarify HPV vaccine recommendations may help with further increases in knowledge.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Article Cancer Control Cancer Screening Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Personnel Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Humans Middle Aged Neoplasms/prevention And Control Papillomaviridae Papillomavirus Infections Papillomavirus Infections/*diagnosis/*prevention & Control Public Health Practice Surveys And Questionnaires Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

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• Source:
  J Womens Health (Larchmt). 27(8):955-964
• Pubmed ID:
  30129896
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6169312
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4ab24f9387f75390cf5b5bcf9350dca3047c9ab0a3194c0fbe93e2e0695e4328
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59591/cdc_59591_DS1.pdf
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