title: Understanding adolescents' intentions to have the HPV vaccine.
abstract: From September 2008, older adolescent girls in the UK are eligible to have the HPV vaccine as part of the HPV vaccination 'catch-up' programme. Six months before they were due to be offered the vaccine 16-18 year old girls (N=617) from eight further education/sixth-form colleges reported their intentions to have the HPV vaccine and reasons for this decision. Most intended to have the vaccine (around 70%). Some intentions were influenced by perceptions of risk. Many participants wanted more information and a small minority were scared of needles. Some 'non-intenders' were opposed to vaccinations altogether. The HPV vaccine is likely to be popular but non-intenders' views may be difficult to change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Alice S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: Laura A V
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Marlow
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wardle
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines