ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2019
Readability of online information about HPV Immunization.
Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- The association of caregiver attitudes, information sources, and trust with HPV vaccine initiation among adolescents.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Bridging the Gap: Enhancing HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Education to Combat Rising Cancer Rates.Cureus · 2024Review
- Health Information on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis From Search Engines and Twitter: Readability Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Human papillomavirus dose reminder preferences among parents from a diverse clinical sample: a qualitative study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- The popularity of contradictory information about COVID-19 vaccine on social media in China.Computers in human behavior · 2022Article
- Assessing the Level of Knowledge, Beliefs and Acceptance of HPV Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study in Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Professionally Created Content Related to HPV Vaccination on TikTok.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Informing Content and Feature Design of a Parent-Focused Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Digital Behavior Change Intervention: Synchronous Text-Based Focus Group Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Urgent need for writing education in schools of medicine and public health to address vaccine hesitancy.International journal of medical education · 2021Article
- Readability Assessment of HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Information: A Systematic Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A content analysis of HPV related posts on instagram.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Article
- There's Much Yet to be Done: Diverse Perspectives on HPV Vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Review
- Readability of Cancer Clinical Trials Websites.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is highly effective in preventing anogenital cancers, but vaccination rates in the United States remain low. In deciding whether to vaccinate their children, parents are increasingly using the internet to gather information. This study aimed to examine the level of readability of information on HPV vaccines written on 100 websites that were found via an internet search. To create the website sample, the first 50 websites from the search "HPV immunization" were recorded, followed by the first 50 non-duplicated websites from the search "Gardasil." The content of the sites was analyzed using established readability scales. Websites were compared based on keyword search and on whether they had a commercial or non-commercial URL extension. The majority of websites were found to have information of a difficult reading level. Websites with commercial URL extensions and websites found using the search "Gardasil" had higher mean readability scores. These results suggest that many parents may not understand the information currently presented on the internet and that interventions aimed at improving the readability of online information could help to increase parental approval of the vaccine.
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