Improving HPV vaccine acceptance through peer-to-peer education among adolescent girls in the urban poor settings of Kisenyi, Kampala, Uganda.

ABSTRACT: In Uganda, cervical cancer due to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most prevalent cancer among women. In 2015, the HPV vaccine was introduced into Uganda's EPI program, targeting young girls in-and out-of-school. However, HPV vaccine uptake remains low at 44% for the second dose with disparities in vulnerable populations in urban poor settings. We piloted a peer-to-peer education approach in the urban slums of Kisenyi in Kampala, Uganda to address vaccine hesitancy among adolescent girls aged 9-13years. In 2019/2020, a total of 18 girls between the ages of 10-15 years old, who had previously received two doses of the HPV vaccine were trained as Adolescent Peer Educators (APEs), co-created an HPV vaccine health education message, and conveyed it to unvaccinated peers, with the intention o

SUBMITTER: Tuhebwe D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620462 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature