Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, at the London Hygiene of Tropical Medicine, Gambia.
Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, at the London Hygiene of Tropical Medicine, Gambia.
Vaccine. 2023 Jun 1;41(24):3647-3654. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.072. Epub 2023 May 10.
This qualitative study using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions is the first to investigate HPV vaccination in The Gambia; it provides an in-depth analysis of uptake, knowledge, and perceptions of HPV vaccination as well as trust in Ministry of Health vaccination advice. Despite high uptake rates, knowledge of HPV vaccination was low, and the most prominent concern was that the vaccine could cause infertility or is a form of population control. Holistic approaches to addressing HPV vaccine concerns relating to fertility that consider socio-political contexts, including colonial histories, could lead to more positive vaccine perceptions, empowered decisions and to increasing vaccine uptake rates in The Gambia and elsewhere.
这项使用深入访谈和焦点小组讨论的定性研究是首次在冈比亚调查 HPV 疫苗接种情况；它深入分析了 HPV 疫苗接种的接种率、知识和看法，以及对卫生部疫苗接种建议的信任。尽管接种率很高，但 HPV 疫苗接种的知识却很低，最突出的担忧是疫苗会导致不孕或作为一种人口控制形式。综合处理与生育力相关的 HPV 疫苗问题的方法，考虑到包括殖民历史在内的社会政治背景，可能会导致对疫苗的看法更加积极，做出更有权力的决定，并提高冈比亚和其他地方的疫苗接种率。
