Public School Adolescents Had Increased Odds of Being Willing to Uptake HPV Vaccinations Owing to Sociodemographic and Healthcare Access Features in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

CONCLUSION: Adolescent girls in public primary schools were more likely to uptake HPV vaccination than those in private provided that income status and socioeconomic factors became less important. Willingness to uptake HPV vaccination was found to be low as compared to the WHO target for Ethiopian context and was influenced by maternal education status, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy. As a result, greater emphasis should be placed on implementing a school-based and maternal educational program on cervical cancer prevention and control focusing on the behavioral contexts.PMID:37090189 | PMC:PMC10115532 | DOI:10.1155/2023/2663815

Source: Biomed Res - April 24, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Birhanu Feleke Shitu Desta Debalkie Atnafu Yeshambel Agumas Source Type: research