title: "Saving lives": Adapting and adopting Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination in Austria.
abstract: Vaccination against the sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a necessary agent for the development of cervical cancer, has triggered much debate. In Austria, HPV policy turned from "lagging behind" in 2008 into "Europe's frontrunner" by 2013. Drawing on qualitative research, the article shows how the vaccine was transformed and made "good enough" over the course of five years. By means of tinkering and shifting storylines, policy officials and experts disassociated the vaccine from gender, vaccine manufacturers, and youth sexuality. Ultimately, the HPV vaccine functioned to strengthen the national immunization program. To this end, preventing an effective problematization of the extant screening program was essential.
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Department of Political Science, Universitätsstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: katharina.t.paul@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Katharina T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D008297:Male; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: Austria; Gender; HPV; Policy; Problematization; Vaccination