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Abstract
Human papillomavirus(HPV)infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world and the leading cause of cervical cancer. Aim: Assess the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students toward human papilloma virus vaccination. Setting: The study was conducted in the Faculty of Nursing at Benha University. Design: A descriptive design was used to conduct the study. Sampling: Systematic random sample included 195 students were recruited in the study. Tools: two tools were utilized for data collection , Astructured interviewing questionnaire sheet and modified likert scale .Results: About half of studied nursing students were 20 years old, the highest percentage of them were female and more than one quarter of them were in the first year .About two third of studied nursing students had an average knowledge about human papilloma virus and pap smear and slightly more than half of them had an average knowledge about vaccination. Also, the highest percentage of studied nursing students had positive attitudes toward pap smear, HPV and vaccination. Conclusion: More than two thirds of nursing students had average knowledge and positive attitudes about HPV, cervical cancer and more than half of them had average knowledge about vaccination. There was statistically significant positive correlation between total knowledge and total attitudes among nursing students. Recommendation: Conducting educational and reproductive health programs including the causal association between HPV infection and cancer cervix. Replication of results on wide range of sample.