ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2026
Community and health workers' perspectives on introducing HPV vaccination in a nonrollout district of Rajasthan, India: A qualitative study.
Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has not yet been introduced through the public health system in India. Understanding how communities and frontline providers perceive HPV vaccination before rollout is important for designing the introduction strategies. This study was aimed to explore community and health workers' perspectives on introducing HPV vaccination in a nonrollout district of Rajasthan. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis qualitative study was conducted in Rajasthan, India, from March 2024 and June 2025. Data were collected through six focus group discussions with parents of adolescent girls and frontline health workers, and 10 in-depth interviews with Medical Officers and school teachers. Discussions were conducted in Hindi, audio-recorded, transcribed, and translated into English. Data were analyzed using a hybrid deductive-inductive thematic approach, guided by constructs of the Health Belief Model and allowing new themes to emerge. Reporting followed COREQ guidelines.
resultsFive interrelated themes emerged. Cervical cancer was perceived as a serious but distant risk. HPV vaccination was conditionally acceptable when framed as cancer prevention and endorsed by the government and doctors. Decision-making was family-based, with mothers as information seekers and fathers often perceived as final decision-makers. Schools and government health facilities were preferred delivery platforms. Health workers expressed willingness to support vaccination but reported gaps in confidence and counselling preparedness.
conclusionIn this nonrollout setting, perspectives on HPV vaccination reflected uncertainty rather than resistance. Addressing timing perceptions, family decision-making, and frontline communication needs may support smoother introduction of HPV vaccination in similar districts.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.