{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wu D"],"funding":["Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation"],"pagination":["253"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11036762"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["24(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Since 2020, China has actively promoted HPV vaccination for eligible adolescent girls through various pilot programmes. This study investigated parental willingness and hesitancy towards the government-sponsored, free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for eligible adolescent girls in Shenzhen, Southern China.<h4>Methods</h4>From June to August 2022, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with parents of girls entering Grade 7, employing an adapted Vaccine Hesitancy Scale to assess vaccine hesitancy and logistic regression to identify factors influencing willingness to accept the free domestic vaccines.<h4>Results</h4>Although only 3.4% of the 2856 respondents had their daughters vaccinated against HPV prior to the survey, 91.7% were willing to utilise the government"],"journal":["BMC women's health"],"pubmed_title":["Willingness and hesitancy towards the governmental free human papillomavirus vaccination among parents of eligible adolescent girls in Shenzhen, Southern China."],"pmcid":["PMC11036762"],"funding_grant_id":["INV-018013"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu P","Wu D","Wang H","Wan W","Wang Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Willingness and hesitancy towards the governmental free human papillomavirus vaccination among parents of eligible adolescent girls in Shenzhen, Southern China.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Since 2020, China has actively promoted HPV vaccination for eligible adolescent girls through various pilot programmes. This study investigated parental willingness and hesitancy towards the government-sponsored, free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for eligible adolescent girls in Shenzhen, Southern China.<h4>Methods</h4>From June to August 2022, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with parents of girls entering Grade 7, employing an adapted Vaccine Hesitancy Scale to assess vaccine hesitancy and logistic regression to identify factors influencing willingness to accept the free domestic vaccines.<h4>Results</h4>Although only 3.4% of the 2856 respondents had their daughters vaccinated against HPV prior to the survey, 91.7% were willing to utilise the government","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Apr","modification":"2026-06-04T05:30:28.017Z","creation":"2026-05-05T03:13:01.947Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11036762","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38654200"],"doi":["10.1186/s12905-024-03083-2"]}}