Comparatively low attendance during Human Papillomavirus catch-up vaccination among teenage girls in the Netherlands:Insights from a behavioral survey among parents

BACKGROUND: The Dutch Human Papillomavirus (HPV) catch-up vaccination program in 2009 appeared less successful than expected. We aimed to identify the most important determinants of refusing the vaccination. METHODS: Two thousand parents of girls born in 1996 targeted for HPV vaccination received an invitation letter to participate in a questionnaire study. Two study groups were defined: the first group consisted of parents of girls who had accepted the vaccine and already received the first dose of HPV vaccination. The second group consisted of parents whose daughters were not vaccinated. The... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Gefenaite, Giedre
Smit, Marieke
Nijman, Hans W
Tami, Adriana
Drijfhout, Ingrid H
Pascal, Astrid
Postma, Maarten J
Wolters, Bert A
van Delden, Johannes J M
Wilschut, Jan C
Hak, Eelko
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Reihe/Periodikum: Gefenaite , G , Smit , M , Nijman , H W , Tami , A , Drijfhout , I H , Pascal , A , Postma , M J , Wolters , B A , van Delden , J J M , Wilschut , J C & Hak , E 2012 , ' Comparatively low attendance during Human Papillomavirus catch-up vaccination among teenage girls in the Netherlands : Insights from a behavioral survey among parents ' , BMC Public Health , vol. 12 , 498 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-498
Schlagwörter: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Immunization Programs / Male / Middle Aged / Netherlands / Papillomavirus Infections / Papillomavirus Vaccines / Parents / Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Program Evaluation / Questionnaires / Vaccination / HPV VACCINE / ATTITUDES / ACCEPTANCE
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/11370/c02b73ae-c813-4dd7-8053-9aaf4567c1ad