Illuminating Insights: Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes toward Cervical Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccination in Egypt

Background: Cervical cancer can severely affect a woman’s health, leading to pain, infertility, andpotential loss of life. Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening can increase survival rates and inhibit theprogression of cervical cancer. Aim: Assess nursing students' Knowledge and Attitudes toward CervicalCancer Screening and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Egypt. Design: A descriptive exploratoryresearch design was followed in this study. Settings: This study was conducted at Faculty of Nursingaffiliated to Mansoura, Delta University of Science and Technology and Port Said universities in Egypt.Subjects: A convenience sample of available (961) nursing students from different academic levels atfaculty of nursing were enrolled. Tools of data collection: Data collection was done through structuredassessment questionnaire, which is composed of Two tools: Tool I; Part 1: Nursing students’demographic characteristics, Part 2: Nursing student’s knowledge related cervical cancer screening andHPV vaccine and Tool II: Nursing student's attitude regarding cervical cancer screening and HPVvaccines. Results: The majority (88.9%) of nursing students from different academic levels and differentfaculties have satisfactory level of knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines, also73.5% of nursing students have satisfactory level of attitude (positive attitude). There is a highly statisticalsignificant association between the level of knowledge of nursing students and the attitude level ofnursing students With p value <0.001. Conclusion: these findings suggest a satisfactory level ofKnowledge and positive attitude about cervical cancer and HPV vaccination among nursing students.Recommendation: Ongoing professional development programs for healthcare providers includingnursing students should be implemented.