TY - JOUR
T1 - HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of female adolescents: a pre-post interventional study
AU - Palmeri, Sara
AU - Ventura, Gianmarco
AU - Vitale, Francesco
AU - Costantino, Claudio
AU - Casuccio, Alessandra
AU - Pojero, Fanny
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexuallytransmitted infection in female adolescents. The highestinfection rate is found among individuals aged 15-24 years,and the HPV vaccine represents an opportunity to reduce theburden of cervical cancer caused by HPV types 16 and 18. TheWorld Health Organization has defined girls aged 9e13 years asthe priority target for HPV vaccination. In Italy, in accordancewith international public health guidelines, HPV vaccinationwasfree and actively offered to all girls during their 12th year oflife (from the completion of 11 years until the age of 12 years)between 2007 and 2008, establishing a target vaccinationcoverage of 95% within 5 years of the start of the campaign.
AB - Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexuallytransmitted infection in female adolescents. The highestinfection rate is found among individuals aged 15-24 years,and the HPV vaccine represents an opportunity to reduce theburden of cervical cancer caused by HPV types 16 and 18. TheWorld Health Organization has defined girls aged 9e13 years asthe priority target for HPV vaccination. In Italy, in accordancewith international public health guidelines, HPV vaccinationwasfree and actively offered to all girls during their 12th year oflife (from the completion of 11 years until the age of 12 years)between 2007 and 2008, establishing a target vaccinationcoverage of 95% within 5 years of the start of the campaign.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/265053
UR - http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/6/4/5/7/2/7/645727.pub.htt
M3 - Article
VL - 150
SP - 84
EP - 86
JO - Public Health
JF - Public Health
SN - 0033-3506
ER -