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de Visser, Richard, Waites, Louisa, Parikh, Chandni and Lawrie, Aaron (2011) The importance of social norms for uptake of catch-up human papillomavirus vaccination in young women. Sexual Health, 8 (3). pp. 330-337. ISSN 1448-5028
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the cause of almost all cases of cervical cancer. The current UK government immunisation program includes free routine HPV vaccination of girls aged 12–13, with a catch-up vaccination program for 13–18-year-old girls. The aim of this study was to identify correlates of intended and actual uptake of catch-up HPV vaccination.
Methods: An online questionnaire was completed by 591 young women aged 16–20.
Results: Of the 350 women who had been offered catch-up HPV vaccination, 90.6% had accepted. In multivariate analyses, vaccine uptake was significantly correlated with subjective norms more supportive of HPV vaccination, and greater uptake of other childhood vaccinations (χ2(3) = 39.34, P < 0.01; 91.1% correctly classified; Nagelkerke pseudo-r2 = 0.23). Among the 241 women aged 16–20 who had not been offered HPV vaccination, the average intention was 3.70 on a five-point scale. Multivariate analyses revealed four significant independent predictors of stronger intentions to accept vaccination: subjective norms more supportive of HPV vaccination, greater worry about sexually transmissible infections, greater support for young people’s sexual health services and greater support for childhood vaccination (F(4,236) = 18.67, P < 0.01; adjusted r2 = 0.23). Young women rated television advertisements, educational programs and television soaps as the most effective ways to encourage uptake of HPV vaccination.
Conclusions: Uptake of HPV vaccination may be increased if interventions use appropriate media to promote social norms supportive of HPV vaccination.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools and Departments: | School of Psychology > Psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Library Cataloguing |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jun 2012 12:55 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jun 2012 12:55 |
| URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/39815 |