School nurses' experiences of delivering the UK HPV vaccination programme in its first year.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2008, school nurses began delivering the HPV immunisation programme for girls aged 12 and 13 years old. This study offers insights from school nurses' perspectives and experiences of delivering this new vaccination programme.

Methods

Thirty in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with school nurses working across the UK between September 2008 and May 2009. This time period covers the first year of the HPV vaccination programme in schools. School nurses were recruited via GP practices, the internet and posters targeted at school nurse practitioners.

Results

All the school nurses spoke of readying themselves for a deluge of phone calls from concerned parents, but found that in fact few parents telephoned to ask for

SUBMITTER: Hilton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3176210 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature