Journal article
"I just signed": Factors influencing decision-making for school-based HPV vaccination of adolescent girls
SCC Robbins, D Bernard, K McCaffery, JML Brotherton, SR Skinner
Health Psychology | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | Published : 2010
DOI: 10.1037/a0021449
Abstract
Objectives: Australia was one of the first countries to implement a nationwide program providing HPV vaccination to girls at school. To date, there are no published studies describing decision-making processes and behavior postimplementation of HPV vaccination of adolescents participating in a school-based program. Design: A purposive sample of nine schools was selected to reflect a range of vaccination coverage and school types. Semistructured focus groups with girls and interviews with parents, teachers, and immunization nurses (n = 185) were conducted until saturation was reached. Transcripts were analyzed inductively and emergent themes were subject to constant comparison. Main Outcome M..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Julia M. L. Brotherton was a co-investigator on an investigator-driven study of HPV prevalence in Australia that received partial equal and unrestricted grant funding from CSL Ltd. and GlaxoSmithKline. She was also an investigator on a serosurvey of HPV antibodies in Australia that received funding for the laboratory testing component from CSL Ltd. We thank the NSW Department of Health for their cooperation and acknowledge CSL Limited Australia for partial funding of this research, in the form of an unrestricted research grant. We thank all of the participants and the collaboration received from schools, without which this research would not have been possible.