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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Impact of HPV educational intervention on knowledge and vaccination intentions among Ukrainian migrant and refugee parents in Poland.

Maria Ganczak, Paweł Kalinowski, Marta Kowalska-Babiak, Mufida Nazrieva, Serhij Nyankovskyy, Michael Edelstein

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Maria GanczakDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Góra, Poland.
Paweł KalinowskiDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Marta Kowalska-BabiakDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Mufida NazrievaMedical Center "Medyk", Rzeszow, Poland.
Serhij NyankovskyyDepartment of Pediatrics 1, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Michael EdelsteinAzrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

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Background: Despite the availability of HPV vaccines, uptake remains low among Ukrainian adolescents. Educational interventions can enhance parents' knowledge and intent regarding HPV vaccination. Objective: To evaluate the effects of a prospective, culturally tailored, evidence-based HPV vaccine face-to-face educational intervention on knowledge and vaccine intent among Ukrainian migrant and refugee (UMR) parents in Poland, utilizing a pre-post design. Methods: A study was conducted among 178 UMR parents between February and July 2024. Using telephone calls, research staff recruited consecutive parents registered to the network of primary care clinics "Medyk" in Rzeszów, Poland. Eligible parents were those having children aged 9-17 years, who had not completed the HPV vaccination. They completed pre- and post-data on HPV knowledge and intent. Four female Ukrainian GPs were trained to deliver 9 group interventions (2 h each); this had to be changed to 27 individual 1-h sessions after an erroneous suspicion of HPV vaccine adverse effects, which spread out in the Ukrainian community and resulted in a recruiting crisis. Data were analyzed using McNemar's test and multilevel regression analysis. Results: The majority of participants were female (84.3%) and aged >30 years (77.5%); 59.6% of UMR parents presented a low knowledge level (≤50%). Only 30.3% knew all possible routes of HPV transmission, and 39.9% knew male HPV-related neoplasms. The intervention significantly improved HPV knowledge by 63.4% (pre: 5.2, SD ± 2.1; post: 8.2, SD ± 1.7; Conclusion: The study finds that educational interventions for UMR parents can improve their understanding of HPV and support informed vaccination decisions for their children. The integration of specific approaches-such as culturally sensitive messaging, the utilization of trained Ukrainian presenters, and tailored health literacy strategies based on the community needs-may provide critical support for future implementation efforts.

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Health EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeIntentionPapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesParentsRefugeesTransients and MigrantsVaccinationAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPapillomavirus VaccinesHPVintentinterventionknowledgemigrantsUkrainevaccination

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