Knight G, et al. - The study was performed by researchers to assess the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) education on the understanding of adolescent HPV disease and the influence of HPV vaccination on their sexual health. Three hundred fifty-seven UK-based adolescents, aged 12 to13 years, completed the HPV questionnaire. Most adolescents recognized that HPV induces cervical cancer, and it is avoided by HPV vaccination. A minority recognized that HPV causes other genital cancers, with less than one-fifth knowing that HPV causes genital warts. The understanding of oral HPV infection or or oropharyngeal cancer caused by HPV has been very low. Adolescents had little knowledge about male HPV infection, and the role that HPV vaccination can play in preventing these diseases. With varying levels of HPV vaccination uptake recorded worldwide in males, this study indicates that greater focus in education knowledge on male HPV disease is required in the UK to raise awareness about how HPV affects both genders. Since both genders preferred to receive education through healthcare professionals, educating a wider range of healthcare professionals on oral HPV could help to increase awareness of the role of HPV in head and neck cancer.