Valentina Simonetti, Marco Tomietto, Dania Comparcini, Francesco Pastore, Pasquale Stefanizzi, Silvio Tafuri, Giancarlo Cicolini
Vaccination is the principal strategy for primary prevention of infection by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which causes different pathological conditions, up to cancer, in both males and females. However, to date, knowledge among adolescents and their parents about the HPV vaccine is still low. The aim of this quasi-experimental, multicenter study is to assess the effectiveness of a digital educational intervention, conducted by a multidisciplinary health-care team including a Community Nurse, to increase adolescents' HPV vaccination uptake, their knowledge, self-efficacy, feelings and involvement in HPV vaccine decision-making, and parents' vaccination hesitancy...
December 31, 2024: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics