Vaccine Hesitancy Drives Low Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage in Girls Attending Public Schools in South Africa

Vaccine Hesitancy Drives Low Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage in Girls Attending Public Schools in South Africa

Girls aged ≥9 years attending South African public sector schools are provided with free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, through a schools-based programme. HPV vaccine misinformation spread via social media in 2014, was identified as a barrier to obtaining parental informed consent in some d...

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Main Authors: Languta A. Khosa, Johanna C. Meyer, Feni M. M. Motshwane, Carine Dochez, Rosemary J. Burnett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
vaccine hesitancy
South Africa
human papillomavirus vaccine
vaccination coverage
public sector schools
5C scale
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.860809/full

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