[RESEARCH] Uptake of first two doses of human papillomavirus vaccine by adolescent sc

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[RESEARCH] Uptake of first two doses of human papillomavirus vaccine by adolescent sc - 24-04-2008, 05:23 PM

Objective To assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to adolescent girls.
Design Prospective cohort study.
Setting 36 secondary schools in two primary care trusts in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Participants 2817 schoolgirls in year 8 (12 and 13 year olds).
Intervention Delivery of the bivalent vaccine at 0, 1, and 6 months over one school year.
Main outcome measures Vaccine uptake for doses 1 and 2 of a three dose schedule.

Results Vaccine uptake was 70.6% (1989/2817) for the first dose and 68.5% (1930/2817) for the second dose. Uptake was significantly lower in schools with a higher proportion of ethnic minority girls (P

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