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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus and passed on through genital contact or sexual activity. It is the main cause of cervical cancer. WHO estimated 570.000 new cases of cervical cancer in 2018, and approximately 90% of mortality occurred in low- and middle-income countries. This research aims to find out young women’s intention to get HPV vaccination, the primary prevention of cervical cancer. Non-random sampling is used as a sampling method, and a total of 108 respondents from Indonesia participated in this research. The results show the intention to get the HPV vaccine is low, 39.8% (n = 43). Approximately 40.7% (n = 44) respondents have high knowledge, but there is no correlation between knowledge level and intention to do HPV vaccination. In Health Belief Model (HBM) construct, 100% (n = 108) respondents have a high perception in perceiving severity, and 96.3% (n = 104) respondents have a high perception in perceiving benefit. Meanwhile, 61.1% (n = 66) of respondents show a low perception of perceived barriers, which means most respondents have barriers to getting the HPV vaccine. Therefore, an effort to spread information about cervical cancer and HPV vaccine is needed to increase the intention of young women to do HPV vaccination.