Cobertura vacinal contra o HPV de familiares adolescentes de mulheres com câncer cervical

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the HPV vaccine coverage in adolescents and young adults relatives of women with cervical cancer. METHOD: A Prospective study held in the oncology department at a tertiary referral Hospital, using an adapted form. RESULTS: Epidemiological data were collected from 102 women with CC and 59 family members between 9-21 years. The degree of kinship between these young woman and cancer patients treated at the Hospital in the study was daughter (56%), sister (3%), niece (22%) and granddaughter (19%). Most of these girls (81%) were instructed to carry out HPV prevention, with the school (39%) being the main responsible for promoting vaccination. Regarding the reasons for not performing the immunization, the lack of information about the vaccine was the most mentioned (63%). When asking the girls relatives if they would vaccinate their daughters, 17% said they would not and none of these relatives knew the function of the vaccine. CONCLUSION: despite advances in HPV vaccination programs, there is still a great deal of misinformation about the topic in the population, especially among family members of the target audience. The school was identified as the protagonist in access to information and can be used as a means of access to the vaccine for young women and information for their families.