ACCEPTABILITY AND ADHERENCE TO VACCINATION AGAINST HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) OF GIRLS AND BOYS IN THE CONCEPTION OF PARENTS, RESPONSIBLE AND TEACHERS IN LOWER AMAZONAS, AMAZON, BRAZIL.
Vaccination; HPV; Knowledge; Cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) belongs to the Papillomaviridae family and represents a set of more than 100 types of viruses capable of causing transient and persistent infection in the skin and mucosa that may or may not evolve to the appearance of symptoms, of which the most common is verruca vulgaris or common wart or even progress to preneoplastic lesions and even cancer. HPV is primarily transmitted through sexual contact as well as oral contact, and most people become infected soon after sexual activity begins. Brazil, through the Unified Health System (SUS), makes the HPV vaccine available to girls and boys aged 9 to 14, transplanted men and women, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, people living with HIV/AIDS and victims of sexual violence. According to the Ministry of Health (2024) a new HPV vaccination strategy is already in effect, from now on, the scheme will be in a single dose, replacing the old model in two applications and with this, the folder practically doubles the immunization capacity of the stocks available in the country. The present project aims to evaluate the acceptability and adherence to HPV vaccination of girls and boys aged 9 to 14 years in the conception of parents and guardians and teachers of schools participating in the School Health Program (PSE) in the Lower Amazon, Amazon, Brazil. This is an analytical, cross-sectional research that has as its object of study the level of knowledge about HPV, in addition to the acceptability and adherence to HPV vaccination of the target audience of girls and boys from 9 to 14 years old in the conception of parents and guardians and teachers of educational institutions participating in the School Health Program (PSE) of the Lower Amazon and captured in Santarém, Pará, from May 2023 to July 2024. The present study is not an experimental project, but rather on virology and public health involving epidemiological data on acceptability and adherence to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of parents/guardians and teachers of girls and boys aged 9 to 14 years in the Lower Amazon, Amazon, Brazil carried out between January 2023 and July 2024, in which 375 participants have already been interviewed, of which 365 are parents and guardians of girls and boys and 10 are teachers. Epidemiological data were obtained from specific questionnaires for each group.