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Wassie M, Zegeye AF, Mekonen EG, Tekeba B, Ali MS, Gonete AT, Kassie AT, Workneh BS, Alemu TG, Tamir TT. Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among young women in the three sub-Saharan African countries using Demographic and Health Surveys data. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2024; 20:2370111. [PMID: 38946555 PMCID: PMC11218800 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2370111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
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Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer, with 99% of cases linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. It reflects global inequity as its burden is highest in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to determine the HPV vaccination coverage and its determinant factors among young women in the three sub-Saharan African countries. Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys among three sub-Saharan African countries were used for analysis. A total of 4,952 women were included in the study. Stata 14 was used to analyze the data. The determinants of the outcome variable were identified using a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression model. Factors with p-values < 0.05 at 95% confidence interval were declared statistically significant. About 7.5% young women were vaccinated for HPV vaccine against cervical cancer in the current study. Younger age, use of internet, rich economic class, and individual-level media exposure were found to be favorable conditions, whereas being employed was negatively associated with HPV vaccination. Only few segments of young women in these three countries got HPV vaccination. The authors recommend that increasing internet use, media exposure, and economic level of young women will increase the HPV vaccination rates. Furthermore, creating awareness among employed women will also increase the possibility of HPV vaccination.
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- Mulugeta Wassie
- Schools of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Clinical Midwifery, School of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Risley C, Douglas K, Karimi M, Brumfield J, Gartrell G, Vargas R, Zhang L. Trends in Sexual Risk Behavioral Responses among High School Students between Mississippi and the United States: 2001 to 2019 YRBSS. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH 2023; 93:500-507. [PMID: 36973577 DOI: 10.1111/josh.13311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early sexual reproductive health (SRH) education is linked to a reduction in risky sexual behaviors. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising at alarming rates. Risky sexual behaviors, including initiation of sex before age 13, having more than four sexual partners, and lack of use of condoms, increase the chance of infection and cancer. Informing students about the link between risky behaviors and cancer is vital to reduce morbidity and mortality. METHODS A trend analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data between 2001 and 2019 was conducted. Results from four survey responses related to sexual risk behaviors among 9th to 12th grade in Mississippi students are compared with their US peers. RESULTS Between 2001 and 2019, favorable declines in 3 out of 4 sexual risk behaviors were observed. Declining prevalence was reported for "ever had sexual intercourse," "age of sexual initiation at age 13 or younger," and "having 4 or more sexual partners in their lifetime" are promising. However, fewer students report using condoms. The adjusted prevalence rates for Mississippi students in all 4 measures were higher than the national responses. CONCLUSIONS Our analysis supports the need for early skill-based sex education to promote health. States with increased behavioral risk among students should consider trends in data to improve education and policy.
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- Carolann Risley
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing,| School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Cancer Center and Research Institute, Jackson, MS, United States
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing, Jackson, MS
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing, Jackson, MS
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Jackson, MS, United States
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Office of Health Data and Research, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS, United States
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing,| Professor, Data Science, John D. Bower School of Population Health,| Professor, Health Administration, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS, United States
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Sun LX, Chen LL, Chen WY, Zhang MX, Yang MG, Mo LC, Zhu JJ, Tung TH, Li FP. Association between health behaviours and the COVID-19 vaccination: risk compensation among healthcare workers in Taizhou, China. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2022; 18:2029257. [PMID: 35175866 PMCID: PMC8993088 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2029257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study is conducted to explore the association between health behaviors and the COVID-19 vaccination based on the risk compensation concept among health-care workers in Taizhou, China. We conducted a self-administered online survey to estimate the health behaviors among the staff in a tertiary hospital in Taizhou, China, from May 18 to 21 May 2021. A total of 592 out of 660 subjects (89.7%) responded to the questionnaire after receiving an e-poster on WeChat. Subjects who had been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine were asked to mention the differences in their health behaviors before and after the vaccination. The results showed that there were no statistical differences in health behaviors between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, except in terms of the type of gloves they used (62.8% in the vaccinated group and 49.2% in the unvaccinated group, p = .048). Subjects who received earlier COVID-19 vaccinations exhibited better health behaviors (22.40% increased for duration of wearing masks (P = .007), 25.40% increased for times of washing hands (P = .01), and 20.90% increased for times of wearing gloves (P = .01)). Subjects also revealed better health behaviors (washing hands, wearing gloves, and wearing masks) after vaccination compared to that before. In conclusion, concept of risk compensation was not applied in our findings. The health behaviors did not reduce after the COVID-19 vaccination, which even may improve health behaviors among health-care workers in the hospital setting.
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- Liang-Xue Sun
- Department of Urology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Nursing, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Urology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Evidence-based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Emergency, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Urology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neunosurgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Evidence-based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Urology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Enze Hospital, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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Lehtinen M, Apter D, Eriksson T, Harjula K, Hokkanen M, Natunen K, Nieminen P, Paavonen J, Palmroth J, Petäjä T, Pukkala E, Vänskä S, Cheuvart B, Soila M, Bi D, Struyf F. Effectiveness of various human papillomavirus vaccination strategies: A community randomized trial in Finland. Cancer Med 2021; 10:7759-7771. [PMID: 34581025 PMCID: PMC8559511 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION We conducted a community-randomized trial (NCTBLINDED) in Finland to assess gender-neutral and girls-only vaccination strategies with the AS04-adjuvanted human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 (AS04-HPV-16/18)vaccine. METHODS Girls and boys (12-15 years) were invited. We randomized 33 communities (1:1:1 ratio): Arm A: 90% of randomly selected girls and boys received AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine and 10% received hepatitis B vaccine (HBV); Arm B: 90% of randomly selected girls received AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine, 10% of girls received HBV, and all boys received HBV; Arm C: all participants received HBV. Effectiveness measurements against prevalence of HPV-16/18 cervical infection were estimated in girls at 18.5 years. The main measures were: (1) overall effectiveness comparing Arms A or B, regardless of vaccination status, vs Arm C; (2) total effectiveness comparing AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccinated girls in pooled Arms A/B vs Arm C; (3) indirect effectiveness (herd effect) comparing girls receiving HBV or unvaccinated in Arm A vs Arm C. Co-primary objectives were overall effectiveness following gender-neutral or girls-only vaccination. RESULTS Of 80,272 adolescents invited, 34,412 were enrolled. Overall effectiveness was 23.8% (95% confidence interval: -19.0, 51.1; P = 0.232) with gender-neutral vaccination. Following girls-only vaccination, overall effectiveness was 49.6% (20.1, 68.2; P = 0.004). Total effectiveness was over 90% regardless of vaccination strategy. No herd effect was found. Immunogenicity of the AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine was high in both sexes. CONCLUSIONS This study illustrates the difficulty in conducting community randomized trials. It is not plausible that vaccinating boys would reduce overall effectiveness, and the apparent lack of herd effect was unexpected given findings from other studies. This analysis was likely confounded by several factors but confirms the vaccine's high total effectiveness as in clinical trials.
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- Matti Lehtinen
- Department of Vaccines, National Institute for Health & Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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- VL-Medi Clinical Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland
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Closson K, Karim ME, Sadarangani M, Naus M, Ogilvie GS, Donken R. Association between human papillomavirus vaccine status and sexually transmitted infection outcomes among females aged 18-35 with a history of sexual activity in the United States: A population survey-based cross-sectional analysis. Vaccine 2020; 38:8396-8404. [PMID: 33239227 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage in the United States (in 2019, 66-70%), remains below the Healthy People 2020 coverage goal of 80%. HPV vaccine misinformation, including parental concerns of sexual risk-compensation influence vaccine uptake. We examined the association between HPV vaccination and sexually transmitted infection (STI) outcomes. METHODS Of the 20,146 participants from 2013 to 2014 and 2015-2016 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1050 females aged 18-35 with a history of sexual activity had complete case data. Roa-Scott Chi-squared and F-tests assessed survey-weighted socio-demographic differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated participants. Weighted logistic regression assessed crude and adjusted associations between self-reported HPV vaccination (none vs. ≥ 1dose) and lab-confirmed STIs (trichomonas and chlamydia) and vaccine-type HPV (6/11/16/18). As a sensitivity analysis, we conducted weighted-propensity score (PS) models and inverse probability weighting by vaccination status. PS and logistic regression were estimated through survey-weighted logistic regression on variables including race, education, income, marital status, US citizenship, cycle year and age. RESULTS Overall, 325 (31.8%) females with a history of sexual activity were HPV vaccinated, of which 22 (6.1%) received the vaccine at the routine-recommended ages of 11-12, 65.7% were vaccinated after their self-reported sexual debut, 3.8% had a lab-confirmed STI and 3.5% had vaccine-type HPV. There was no association between HPV vaccination and any STIs (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.67, 95%CI:0.38-1.20), and vaccinated participants had 61% reduced odds of vaccine-type HPV (vs. unvaccinated; aOR 0.39, 95%CI:0.19-0.83). Results from the PS sensitivity analysis were similar to the main findings. CONCLUSION Among females who reported a history of sexual activity, HPV vaccination status was protective against vaccine-type HPV and not associated with lab-based STI outcomes. Although findings may be susceptible to reporting bias, results indicating low vaccine uptake at routine-recommended ages requires additional efforts promoting HPV vaccination before sexual-debut.
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- Kalysha Closson
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, 588-1081 Burrard Street, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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- Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Communicable Diseases and Immunization Service, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Women's Health Research Institute, British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, H214-4500 Oak Street, Box 42, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Women's Health Research Institute, British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, H214-4500 Oak Street, Box 42, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
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