ArticlePreventive medicine2013
Citizen intervention in a religious ban on in-school HPV vaccine administration in Calgary, Canada.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tempest in a teapot: A systematic review of HPV vaccination and risk compensation research.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2016Pooled it
- Understanding Public Perceptions of the HPV Vaccination Based on Online Comments to Canadian News Articles.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- A content analysis of religion and HPV vaccine news coverage in Canada.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Barriers and supports for uptake of human papillomavirus vaccination in Indigenous people globally: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Evolution of Public Health Human Papillomavirus Immunization Programs in Canada.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Article
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Georgia: Evaluating the Georgia HPV Work Group.Journal of community health · 2019Article
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- Effect of human papillomavirus vaccination on sexual behaviour among young females.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2018Review
- Vaccine hesitancy among general practitioners: evaluation and comparison of their immunisation practice for themselves, their patients and their children.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Article
- Including males in Canadian human papillomavirus vaccination programs: a policy analysis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2016Article
- Estimates and determinants of HPV non-vaccination and vaccine refusal in girls 12 to 14 y of age in Canada: Results from the Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey, 2013.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2016Article
- Knowledge on HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer Facilitates Vaccine Acceptability among School Teachers in Kitui County, Kenya.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
In 2008, Alberta Roman Catholic Bishops' discouraged in-school HPV vaccination because: "a school-based approach to vaccination sends a message that early sexual intercourse is allowed, as long as one uses 'protection.'" The publicly funded Calgary Catholic School District Board voted against in-school HPV vaccine administration. In 2009, vaccine uptake was 70% in Calgary public schools and 18.9% in Calgary Catholic schools. To physician-citizens who requested in-school vaccination, the elected school trustees repeatedly responded that they were "directed" by the bishop. When trustees refused to hear from the city's chief oncologist, a citizen's group was created and held a June 2012 media event to help overturn the ban. The Board remained intransigent until the citizen's group threatened legal action, former senior administrators pressured the Board, Pediatrics reported that the HPV vaccine had no effect on sexual behavior, and the bishop told trustees that they could consult school councils. 87% (91/104) of school councils approved in-school HPV vaccine administration. On November 28, 2012, the Board permitted the HPV vaccine, four years after first requested by public health officials. This paper outlines a successful health campaign that may serve as a model for addressing unwarranted concerns about community health programs dedicated to improving public health.
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