Secondary analyses to test the impact on inequalities and uptake of the schools-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme by stage of implementation of a new consent policy in the south-west of England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the impact on inequalities and uptake of the schools-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme by stage of implementation of a new policy providing additional opportunities to consent.

Setting

Two local authorities in the south-west of England.

Participants

Young women (n=7129) routinely eligible for HPV vaccination aged 12-13 years during the intervention period (2017/2018 to 2018/2019 programme years).

Interventions

Local policy change that included additional opportunities to provide consent (parental verbal consent and adolescent self-consent).

Outcomes

Secondary analyses of cross-sectional intervention data were undertaken to examine uptake by: (1) receipt of parental written consent forms and; (2) percentage of unvac

SUBMITTER: Fisher H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264897 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature