HPV vaccination and sexual behaviour in healthcare seeking young women in Luxembourg
Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide. Despite recommendations for HPV vaccination of young women from health authorities, parental concerns were raised whether vaccination could induce unsafe sexual behaviour in young women. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to investigate if HPV vaccination in healthcare seeking adult women in Luxembourg was associated with unsafe sexual behaviour. Methods Seven hundred twenty-nine women (mean age = 22.5; range 18–43 years) were recruited either at Luxembourg family planning centr... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | PeerJ, Vol 8, p e8516 (2020) |
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PeerJ Inc.
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Schlagwörter: | HPV vaccination / Luxembourg / Assortativity of sexual mixing / Sexually transmitted infection / Human papillomavirus / Sexial behaviour / Medicine / R / Biology (General) / QH301-705.5 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26740472 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8516 |