|
|||||
|
|
Survey of girls’ recall of a film providing information on human papillomavirus and cervical cancer 6 months after an offer of vaccination |
|
| Authors: | Loretta Brabin Rebecca Stretch Stephen A. Roberts Peter Elton David Baxter Rosemary McCann |
| Affiliation: | 1. Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, School of Cancer and Enabling Sciences, Manchester M13 OJH, UK;2. Biostatistics, Health Sciences – Methodology, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK;3. Public Health Department, Bury Primary Care Trust, Bury M45 7TA, UK;4. Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK;5. Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit, Eccles M30 0NJ, UK |
| Abstract: | Pre-adolescent girls who have been successfully immunised against human papillomavirus (HPV) may have relatively little knowledge about cervical cancer. A questionnaire was sent to 1084 girls approximately 6 months after they had been offered vaccination to assess whether an educational film had influenced their vaccine decision and what information they recalled. Girls who viewed the film were more likely to have wanted the vaccine than non-viewers (p = 0.015), but only 42% of them could recall details of the film 6 months later. Fear of cervical cancer may motivate young adolescents for vaccination but false assumptions might undermine later preventive actions by both the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. |
| Keywords: | HPV vaccination Adolescents Information |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ | |