HPV vaccine coverage in Australia and associations with HPV vaccine information exposure among Australian Twitter users

Patient information about HPV and the HPV vaccine.

HPV vaccine acceptance among Latina mothers by HPV status.

OBJECTIVE We investigated whether Latina mothers who were and were not human papillomavirus (HPV) positive differed in their knowledge and acceptance of the HPV vaccine for their children. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey among women aged 18-64 years between April 2007 and April 2008. Data collectors conducted in-person interviews in community clinics with 215 HPV-negative women ...

Determinants of HPV vaccine awareness and healthcare providers' discussion of HPV vaccine among females

Two human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are available and can prevent 98% of HPV 16 and 18 infections. This study aimed to explore determinants of 1) HPV vaccine awareness among a cohort of low-income women participating in a cancer prevention program in Central Texas and compare them to United States residents; 2) determinants of healthcare providers' discussion of HPV vaccine among female res...

Quadrivalent HPV vaccine efficacy against disease related to vaccine and non-vaccine HPV types in males.

A small number of HPV types are related to a majority of HPV-related neoplastic lesions in humans. High-risk types such as HPV 16 and 18 are most often implicated, although other oncogenic and non-oncogenic HPV types can cause disease in men. The efficacy of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (qHPV) against external genital lesions and intra-anal disease related to HPV in men has been demonstrated. T...

The Framing of Online HPV Vaccine Information

This study examined how various non-news sources have framed online human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine information. A content analysis demonstrated that stakeholder activists are the most prevalent HPV information providers. Among various frames, STD and cervical cancer were frequently used as the disease outcomes, and the framed messages targeted sexually inactive men and women. Positive and n...