Determinants of HPV-vaccination uptake and subgroups with a lower uptake in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the Netherlands, the HPV-vaccine uptake was 52% during the 2009 catch-up campaign (birth cohorts 1993-1996). This increased to 61% in the regular immunization program (birth cohorts 2000-2001). However for birth cohorts 2003-2004 the uptake declined to 45.5%. With this study we aimed to gain insight into social, economic and cultural determinants that are associated with HPV-vaccination uptake and which subgroups with a lower HPV-vaccination uptake can be identified. In addition, we investigated whether the influence of these factors changed over time.

Methods

To study the determinants of HPV-vaccine uptake we performed a database study using different aggregation levels, i.e. individual level, postal code level and municipality level. All Dutch girls who were

SUBMITTER: de Munter AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8513172 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature