Association of the HPV vaccination intention‒behavior gap with ehealth literacy and health beliefs among chinese female college students: cross-sectional study
Zheng-Ai Cui, Yuan Li, Yuanju Wang, Min Lu, Xinyue Shi, Ying-Ai Cui · 2026
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Cui and co-authors surveyed female students at Guangdong Medical University in mid-2024 about the HPV vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer, focusing on the gap between intending to vaccinate and actually doing it. Among 2,884 students who said they intended to get the vaccine, the team measured online health literacy and health beliefs, then checked who had received at least one dose. The survey ran from June 16 to July 16, 2024.
Only 41.3 percent of intenders had turned intention into a first dose, leaving a wide intention-behavior gap in this student group. Urban background, higher spending power, family income, and parental education each raised the odds of following through, with adjusted odds ratios between 1.10 and 1.24 in the model. Trust in formal information helped, at an adjusted ratio of 1.10, while perceived barriers cut conversion sharply, at 0.72, so the authors target costs and doubts.
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| CREATOR | Zheng-Ai Cui, Yuan Li, Yuanju Wang, Min Lu, Xinyue Shi, Ying-Ai Cui |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |