Newsprint media representations of the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for cervical cancer prevention in the UK (2005-2008)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 942-950

  Hilton, Shona ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a   Langan, Mairi ^a   Bedford, Helen ^a   Petticrew, Mark ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Content analysis; Human papillomavirus (hpv); Mass media; UK; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

CANCER; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VACCINATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; INFECTION PREVENTION; MASS MEDIUM; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950357334     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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