Bauquier C, Préau M. How French adolescents use images to represent HPV vaccination (during school-based workshops) adolescents and HPV vaccination.
Psychol Health 2021;
37:731-746. [PMID:
33560873 DOI:
10.1080/08870446.2021.1881519]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
In this study we investigated adolescent students' (13-15 years old) social representations of the vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) by analysing their iconographic productions of the vaccination.
DESIGN
A qualitative study with workshops was set up in three volunteer schools. Student groups created a total of 27 posters about the vaccination.
RESULTS
Two types of messages emerged: the first presented vaccination as a means of preventing cancer, while the second presented it as a means of promoting sexual health.
CONCLUSION
The choice between using one message type or the other seemed to stem from the fact that students appropriated the subject of the workshops differently.
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