A systematic review of interventions to promote HPV vaccination globally.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine being a safe, effective cancer prevention method, its uptake is suboptimal in the United States (U.S.). Previous research has found a variety of intervention strategies (environmental and behavioral) to increase its uptake. The purpose of the study is to systematically review the literature on interventions that promote HPV vaccination from 2015 to 2020.

Methods

We updated a systematic review of interventions to promote HPV vaccine uptake globally. We ran keyword searches in six bibliographic databases. Target audience, design, level of intervention, components and outcomes were abstracted from the full-text articles in Excel databases.

Results

Of the 79 articles, most were conducted in the U.S. (72.2%) and in

SUBMITTER: Escoffery C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10308645 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature