Access and attitudes to HPV vaccination amongst hard-to-reach populations in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,b   Mugo, Nelly ^c   Lees, Shelley ^a   Mathai, Muthoni ^d   Vusha, Sophie ^d   Ndirangu, Gathari ^e   Ross, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL CLASS; VACCINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84938630527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123701     Document Type: Article

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