Uptake of human papilloma virus vaccination among adolescent girls living with HIV in Uganda: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination can prevent more than 90% of cancers caused by HPV. Although this vaccination is recommended and provided at no cost to all adolescent girls aged 9 to19 years in Uganda, its uptake remains low. We sought to determine the uptake of, and factors associated with HPV vaccination among adolescent girls living with HIV in Uganda.

Methods

We conducted an explanatory sequential mixed methods study, among adolescent girls living with HIV, attending HIV care at the Mulago ISS HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda. We administered a structured questionnaire to elicit data on HPV vaccination and its covariates to a systematic random sample of 264 adolescent girls with HIV. A participant who had received all the three recommended HPV vaccine dos

SUBMITTER: Nakibuuka V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309443 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature