| Autor: |
John Macleod, Julie Yates, Suzanne Audrey, Matthew Hickman, Harriet Fisher, Karen Evans, Marion Roderick, Jo Ferrie |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 7 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044980 |
| Popis: |
Objectives To test the impact on inequalities and uptake of the schools-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme by stage of implementation of a new policy providing additional opportunities to consent.Setting Two local authorities in the south-west of England.Participants Young women (n=7129) routinely eligible for HPV vaccination aged 12–13 years during the intervention period (2017/2018 to 2018/2019 programme years).Interventions Local policy change that included additional opportunities to provide consent (parental verbal consent and adolescent self-consent).Outcomes Secondary analyses of cross-sectional intervention data were undertaken to examine uptake by: (1) receipt of parental written consent forms and; (2) percentage of unvaccinated young women by stage of implementation.Results During the intervention period, 6341 (89.0%) eligible young women initiated the HPV vaccination series. Parental written consent forms were less likely to be returned where young women attended alternative education provider settings (p |
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