Medical Students' HPV Knowledge - 2016

This data is part of a Cross-sectional and analytical study conducted at the University of São Paulo Medicine School, in 2016. A convenience sample of students completed a data collection instrument containing questions on knowledge about HPV and its vaccine, and vaccine acceptability. The dependent variables were gender, age, marital status, number of children, year of graduation year of medical study, education, income, grade, and vaccination status. The independent variables were the total scores for each of the themes: knowledge about HPV, knowledge about HPV vaccine, barriers to HPV vaccination, acceptability of HPV vaccine and specific knowledge of health professionals.