Barriers and Recommendations Associated With Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among College Students

Many college students are unimmunized against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and college health nurse practitioners (NPs) are in a unique position to provide catch-up vaccination. This is an NP-led quantitative study using a cross-sectional and descriptive survey design to assess perceived HPV vaccine barriers and effective vaccine recommendations among 627 United States college students. The most commonly reported barrier was the lack of a health care provider ’s recommendation followed by not knowing where to obtain the vaccine and a lack of self-perceived risks.
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Research Source Type: research