ERIC Number: EJ778326
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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HPV Knowledge and Behaviors of Black College Students at a Historically Black University
D'Urso, Jennifer; Thompson-Robinson, Melva; Chandler, Steve
Journal of American College Health, v56 n2 p159-163 Sep-Oct 2007
College students are at high risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, yet their knowledge and self-protective behaviors appear inadequate. Researchers who have measured HPV-related knowledge and behaviors in evaluating college intervention efforts pay secondary attention to black college students because this group generally represents only a small subset of samples of the broader college population. Objective and Participants: The authors' purpose in this study was to examine HPV-related knowledge and behaviors in 351 black undergraduates attending a historically black southeastern university in the spring of 2003. Methods: Voluntary and anonymous student participation was solicited in randomly selected undergraduate classes. Results: Results indicated that most students lacked HPV awareness (64%), became aware of HPV largely after infection, and gained their HPV knowledge from a health-care provider or college class. The authors performed an analysis by gender and found that women were more knowledgeable about HPV than were men. Observed HPV-related knowledge and behaviors were similar to samples of the broader US college population. Conclusions: Findings suggest a greater need for HPV intervention efforts for all college students, including those at black colleges. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Black Colleges, Student Participation, African American Students, Health Behavior, Health Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Gender Differences, Knowledge Level, Consciousness Raising, Students, Surveys
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