Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Pharmacy Students Regarding Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and Obstacles to its Acceptance in Pakistan.
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Objective: To assess awareness regarding HPV vaccination and identify the obstacles of its acceptance among phar-macy students.
Methodology: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among pharmacy students of Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Shaheed Benazirabad during April 2025 to August 2025. Data from 200 stu-dents was collected through a pre-designed questionnaire administered through one-on-one interviews. Statistical in-vestigation was done through using Statistical Software for Social Sciences version 26.0.
Results: Revealed that the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine was unknown to 59.0% of the participants. Just 34% knew that HPV is linked to cervical cancer. 74.0% said they would be open to getting immunized again. No pupils claimed to have received any vaccinations. With 92% of respondents never having attended an awareness workshop or had ever received a vaccination recommendation from their healthcare professionals, ignorance was the main obstacle identi-fied. Concerns about the negative effects of vaccinations were cited by 26% of individuals who were unwilling to get vaccinated, followed by side effects.
Conclusion: The findings show that pharmacy students in Nawabshah have serious deficiencies in their understanding and application of HPV vaccination. This highlights the urgent need for focused national awareness efforts and govern-ment-backed programs to address these issues and knowledge gaps and boost public and future healthcare profes-sionals' acceptability and uptake of the HPV vaccine. These initiatives are essential to enhancing preventative strate-gies and advancing the Who is objective of eliminating cervical cancer.
Key words: HPV vaccine, Human papillomavirus, Barriers, Pharmacy students.
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