Moore Alia, Cox-Martin Matthew, Dempsey Amanda F, Berenbaum Szanton Katie, Binswanger Ingrid A
1 Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Correctional Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2 Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
J Correct Health Care. 2019 Jul;25(3):219-230. doi: 10.1177/1078345819853286. Epub 2019 Jun 26.
Incarcerated women are at increased risk of developing cervical cancer and have high rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, an important cause of cervical cancer. However, many correctional facilities do not offer HPV vaccination to female inmates. This pilot survey study, conducted with incarcerated women aged 18 to 26 at a facility that does not offer the vaccine, assessed attitudes and knowledge about HPV and the HPV vaccine, acceptability of and barriers to in-prison HPV vaccination, and self-reported HPV vaccination rates. Most participants reported that they had not received the HPV vaccine but had positive attitudes toward it and would be willing to get it in prison. Correctional facilities should consider offering this preventive service to this vulnerable population.
被监禁的女性患宫颈癌的风险增加，且人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）感染率很高，而HPV感染是宫颈癌的一个重要病因。然而，许多惩教机构并未为女性囚犯提供HPV疫苗接种服务。这项试点调查研究是在一个不提供该疫苗的机构中，对18至26岁的被监禁女性进行的，评估了她们对HPV和HPV疫苗的态度与知识、监狱内HPV疫苗接种的可接受性和障碍，以及自我报告的HPV疫苗接种率。大多数参与者报告称他们尚未接种HPV疫苗，但对其持积极态度，并且愿意在狱中接种。惩教机构应考虑为这一弱势群体提供这项预防服务。
