Willingness to accept Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine and associated factors among Female students in Ejersa lafo primary Schools, West shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia,

Abstract

Background: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and is an established causative agent for cervical cancer. Human papilloma virus vaccine was developed to prevent this cervical cancer. However, there is limited information that describes willingness to accept human papilloma virus vaccine and associated factor in the study area. Objective: To assess willingness to accept HPV vaccine and associated factors among Ejersa Lafo district primary school female students, West Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia 2022/2023. Methods: Facility based cross sectional study was conducted from April 23 to May 30 2022/2023.Simple random sampling technique was applied to select 442 study participants aged between 11-13 years. Data were collected by using questionnaire with face to face interview. The collected data were entered in to Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 22 for analysis. Descriptive analysis like frequency, percentage and mean were calculated. Binary and multiple logistic regression analysis were also performed to identify factors associated with the outcome variable. Statistical significance was declared at P<0.05 along with 95% CI. Finally, the results were presented by narrative, table and figure. Results: In this study, 98 (23.2%; 95% CI (18.8, 27.4) of the respondents reported that they are willing to accept the HPV vaccine. Mother’s educational level (AOR;4.23, 95% CI(2.02, 13.27)), father’s educational level(AOR; 3.45, 95% CI(1.73, 11.28)), awareness on HPV vaccine(AOR;1.47, 95% CI(1.13, 2.95), knowledge towards HPV(AOR;3.01, 95% CI(1.62,5.59) were factors asssociated with willingness to take HPV Vaccine. Conclusion and recommondation: The study has shown that the willingness to accept human papilloma virus vaccination is found to be low. Mother educational level, father education level, awareness towards HPV vaccine and level of knowledge towards HPV were found to be asociated with willingness to accept HPV vaccine. Regular health education on HPV and cervical cancer prevention at a shorter interval should be conducted to ensure continuous effectiveness HPV vaccine provision at community level. Moreover, efforts should be made to enhance the awareness about HPV vaccination through mass media and other health education outlets towards HPV vaccination.