Promoting HPV vaccination at school: a mixed methods study exploring knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of French school staff.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HPV vaccine coverage in France remained lower than in most other high-income countries. Within the diagnostic phase of the national PrevHPV program, we carried out a mixed methods study among school staff to assess their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding HPV, HPV vaccine and vaccination in general, and regarding schools' role in promoting HPV vaccination.

Methods

Middle school nurses, teachers and support staff from four French regions participated between January 2020 and May 2021. We combined: (i) quantitative data from self-administered online questionnaires (n = 301), analysed using descriptive statistics; and (ii) qualitative data from three focus groups (n = 14), thematically analysed.

Results

Less than half of respondents knew that HPV can c

SUBMITTER: Bocquier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011782 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature