Noella W Whelan1, Audrey Steenbeek2, Ruth Martin-Misener3, Jeffrey Scott4, Bruce Smith5, Holly D'Angelo-Scott6. 1. School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Canada. Electronic address: nl776649@dal.ca. 2. School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Canada; Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Canada. 3. School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Canada. 4. Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Canada; Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Canada. 5. Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Canada; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Canada. 6. Public Health, Capital Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nova Scotia has the highest rate of cervical cancer in Canada, and most of these cases are attributed to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). In 2007, Gardasil(®) was approved and implemented in a successful school-based HPV immunization program. Little is known, however, which strategies (if any) used within a school-based program help to improve vaccine uptake. METHODS: A retrospective, exploratory correlation study was conducted to examine the relationship between school-based strategies and uptake of HPV vaccine. Data was analyzed through Logistic regression, using PASW Statistics 17 (formerly SPSS 17). RESULTS: HPV vaccine initiation was significantly associated with Public Health Nurses providing reminder calls for: consent return (p=0.017) and missed school clinic (p=0.004); HPV education to teachers (p<0.001), and a thank-you note to teachers (p<0.001). Completion of the HPV series was associated with vaccine consents being returned to the students' teacher (p=0.003), and a Public Health Nurse being assigned to a school (p=0.025). CONCLUSIONS: These findings can be used to help guide school-based immunization programs for optimal uptake of the HPV vaccine among the student population.
BACKGROUND:Nova Scotia has the highest rate of cervical cancer in Canada, and most of these cases are attributed to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). In 2007, Gardasil(®) was approved and implemented in a successful school-based HPV immunization program. Little is known, however, which strategies (if any) used within a school-based program help to improve vaccine uptake. METHODS: A retrospective, exploratory correlation study was conducted to examine the relationship between school-based strategies and uptake of HPV vaccine. Data was analyzed through Logistic regression, using PASW Statistics 17 (formerly SPSS 17). RESULTS:HPV vaccine initiation was significantly associated with Public Health Nurses providing reminder calls for: consent return (p=0.017) and missed school clinic (p=0.004); HPV education to teachers (p<0.001), and a thank-you note to teachers (p<0.001). Completion of the HPV series was associated with vaccine consents being returned to the students' teacher (p=0.003), and a Public Health Nurse being assigned to a school (p=0.025). CONCLUSIONS: These findings can be used to help guide school-based immunization programs for optimal uptake of the HPV vaccine among the student population.
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