ArticleReproductive health2016
Attitudes towards human papillomavirus vaccination among African parents in a city in the north of England: a qualitative study.
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- Drivers of human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in migrant populations and interventions to improve coverage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2025Pooled it
- Factors that influence caregivers' and adolescents' views and practices regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for adolescents: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- HPV vaccination in a context of public mistrust and uncertainty: a systematic literature review of determinants of HPV vaccine hesitancy in Europe.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Pooled it
- Cultural barriers and facilitators of the parents for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake by their daughters: A systematic review.Jornal de pediatriaPooled it
- Determinants of HPV vaccination decision-making among South Asian mothers for their adolescent daughters in Hong Kong: A mixed methods study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
- Vaccine uptake and hesitancy among Black people: A scoping review.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2026Article
- Uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine among school girls and its associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of African Parents in New Zealand Towards the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine.Cureus · 2024Article
- Information needs of ethnically diverse, vaccine-hesitant parents during decision-making about the HPV vaccine for their adolescent child: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Defining drivers of under-immunization and vaccine hesitancy in refugee and migrant populations.Journal of travel medicine · 2023Article
- Factors affecting HPV vaccine uptake among ethnic minority adolescent girls: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Review
- Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence with People from Black and Asian Backgrounds in England.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
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- Using World Cafés to engage an Australian culturally and linguistically diverse community around human papillomavirus vaccination.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Medical and public health professionals' perceived facilitators and barriers of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among African American adolescents in Shelby County, Tennessee.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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- Acceptability of an integrated school-based HPV vaccination program within two districts of Tanzania: A qualitative descriptive study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Burden of vaccine-preventable diseases, trends in vaccine coverage and current challenges in the implementation of the expanded program on immunization: A situation analysis of Cameroon.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Review
- Parental intention to vaccinate adolescents with HPV vaccine in selected communities in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria: an application of Integrated Behavioral Model.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Facilitators and barriers of healthcare workers' recommendation of HPV vaccine for adolescents in Nigeria: views through the lens of theoretical domains framework.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is sexually transmitted and has been conclusively linked to cervical cancer and genital warts. Cervical cancer is attributed to approximately 1100 deaths annually in UK, and is the second most common female cancer globally. It has been suggested that black African women are more predisposed to HPV infection and cervical cancer. A vaccine has been developed to reduce HPV infection, and in the UK, has been offered to 12-13 year old adolescent girls through schools as part of their childhood immunization programme since 2008. Upon programme initiation, it was noted that vaccine uptake was lower in schools where girls from ethnic minority groups were proportionately higher. The study's objectives were to explore factors influencing UK based African parents' acceptance or decline of the HPV vaccine, whether fathers and mothers share similar views pertaining to vaccination and any interfamily tensions resulting from differing views.
methodsA qualitative study was conducted with five African couples residing in north England. Face to face semi-structured interviews were carried out. Participants were parents to at least one daughter aged between 8 and 14 years. Recruitment was done through purposive sampling using snowballing.
resultsHPV and cervical cancer awareness was generally low, with awareness lower in fathers. HPV vaccination was generally unacceptable among the participants, with fear of promiscuity, infertility and concerns that it's still a new vaccine with yet unknown side effects cited as reasons for vaccine decline. There was HPV risk denial as religion and good cultural upbringing seemed to result in low risk perceptions, with HPV and cervical cancer generally perceived as a white person's disease. Religious values and cultural norms influenced vaccine decision-making, with fathers acting as the ultimate decision makers. Current information about why the vaccine is necessary was generally misunderstood.
conclusionTailored information addressing religious and cultural concerns may improve vaccine acceptability in African parents.
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