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Communication around HPV vaccination for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping overview of systematic reviews.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- SEARCH Study: Text Messages and Automated Phone Reminders for HPV Vaccination in Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Effect of the framing of HPV vaccination on parents' willingness to accept an HPV vaccine.Vaccine · 2022Trial
- Leveraging social media to mitigate HPV vaccine service disruptions in Abuja, Nigeria.PloS one · 2026Article
- Developing Community-Informed Communication Resources to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Tonga.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
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- Impact of HPV educational intervention on knowledge and vaccination intentions among Ukrainian migrant and refugee parents in Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Appraisal of umbrella reviews on vaccines.Communications medicine · 2024Review
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- Between now and later: a mixed methods study of HPV vaccination delay among Chinese caregivers in urban Chengdu, China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Global perspectives of determinants influencing HPV vaccine introduction and scale-up in low- and middle-income countries.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Formative Research on HPV Vaccine Acceptance among Health Workers, Teachers, Parents, and Social Influencers in Uzbekistan.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Leveraging health infrastructure to optimize HPV vaccination for adolescents in Zambia: Protocol for an implementation study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Qualitative assessment of caregiver experiences when navigating childhood immunisation in urban communities in Sierra Leone.BMJ open · 2022Article
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- Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in South Africa: Programmatic Challenges and Opportunities for Integration With Other Adolescent Health Services?Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
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- Healthcare Providers' Vaccine Perceptions, Hesitancy, and Recommendation to Patients: A Systematic Review.Vaccines · 2021Review
- Improvement of Parent's awareness, knowledge, perception, and acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccination after a structured-educational intervention.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes cervical cancer. More than 80% of those diagnosed with cervical cancer live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization recommends vaccination as a public health measure against cervical cancer. Communication interventions are able to change how people think about vaccination and are thus instrumental in addressing vaccine hesitancy. Our aim was to provide a broad scoping overview of the available evidence on communication with adolescents, parents, and other stakeholders around HPV vaccination for adolescents, with a specific focus on LMICs.
methodsWe conducted a systematic scoping overview of systematic reviews addressing a range of questions regarding communication around HPV vaccination. We considered reviews published between 2007 and 2018 focusing on communication around HPV vaccination and that searched for qualitative or quantitative studies for inclusion. We searched the Epistemonikos database which includes reviews from multiple electronic databases. Two overview authors screened titles and abstracts and examined potentially eligible reviews in full text. Data extraction was performed by one overview author and verified by a second. We assessed the reliability of the included reviews using an adapted version of AMSTAR 2.
resultsWe included twelve reviews in our overview. Four reviews assessed the effectiveness of communication interventions. These interventions intended to inform or educate about HPV and HPV vaccination, such as videos and fact sheets, or to remind or recall, such as text message reminders. Eight reviews assessed factors associated with HPV vaccination uptake, including communication-related factors such as whether the vaccine was recommended by a physician and people's knowledge regarding the vaccine. Nine reviews searched for studies from LMICs, but most found only a small number of studies from these countries.
conclusionsThe small number of studies identified from LMICs is of concern as these countries face the largest burden of disease related to HPV. This scoping overview also found and excluded a number of reviews because of important methodological limitations, highlighting the need for future reviews to use appropriate methods. The overview indicates areas in which further primary studies are needed on HPV vaccination communication in LMICs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: Open Science Framework https://osf.io/agzb4/.
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