Cervical cancer and screening: Knowledge, attitudes, and adherence among university students in Italy
Silvia Angelillo, Grazia Miraglia del Giudice, Giorgia Della Polla, Italo Francesco Angelillo · 2026
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Silvia Angelillo and colleagues surveyed what Italian female university students know and do about cervical cancer screening. Their cross-sectional study appeared in Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics in 2026. One thousand students in Caserta and Naples answered questions on HPV, cancer risk, and the Pap test.
Knowledge was middling: the average score was 12.6 out of 20, and only a sliver of students scored perfectly. Scores ran higher among older students, medical students, the HPV-vaccinated, and those who had learned from healthcare workers. Barely one in eight felt personally at high risk. Among students old enough to be screening-eligible, about two-thirds had actually been screened. The authors read the gaps as a communication failure more than apathy. Their remedy: put health workers in front of students, tie vaccination to screening, and fix the low risk perception.
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| CREATOR | Silvia Angelillo, Grazia Miraglia del Giudice, Giorgia Della Polla, Italo Francesco Angelillo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |