The role of healthcare providers in HPV vaccination programs – A meeting report

Alex Vorsters; Paolo Bonanni; Helena C. Maltezou; Joanne Yarwood; Noel T. Brewer; F. Xavier Bosch; Sharon Hanley; Ross Cameron; Eduardo L. Franco; Marc Arbyn; Nubia Muñoz; Mira Kojouharova; Jade Pattyn; Marc Baay; Emilie Karafillakis; Pierre Van Damme

Papillomavirus Research (Dec 2019)

The role of healthcare providers in HPV vaccination programs – A meeting report

Alex Vorsters,
Paolo Bonanni,
Helena C. Maltezou,
Joanne Yarwood,
Noel T. Brewer,
F. Xavier Bosch,
Sharon Hanley,
Ross Cameron,
Eduardo L. Franco,
Marc Arbyn,
Nubia Muñoz,
Mira Kojouharova,
Jade Pattyn,
Marc Baay,
Emilie Karafillakis,
Pierre Van Damme

Affiliations

Alex Vorsters: Corresponding author. Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, University of Antwerp, Belgium.; Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Paolo Bonanni: University of Florence, Health Sciences, Florence, Italy
Helena C. Maltezou: Department for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
Joanne Yarwood: Immunisation and Countermeasures Division, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK
Noel T. Brewer: Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
F. Xavier Bosch: Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, IDIBELL, Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Sharon Hanley: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Ross Cameron: NHS National Health Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK
Eduardo L. Franco: Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Marc Arbyn: Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
Nubia Muñoz: Emeritus Professor at the Cancer Institute of Colombia, Colombia
Mira Kojouharova: National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jade Pattyn: Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Marc Baay: P95, Epidemiology and Pharmacovigilance, Leuven, Belgium
Emilie Karafillakis: Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Pierre Van Damme: Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

Abstract

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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Prevention and Control Board convened a meeting in Bucharest, Romania (May 2018), to discuss the role of healthcare providers (HCPs) in prevention programs, with a focus on HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening. International and local experts discussed the role that HCPs can play to increase the uptake of HPV vaccine and screening. Experts recommended: 1) increasing HCP norms of getting vaccinated; 2) training providers to make effective recommendations; 3) making culturally appropriate materials available, in local languages; and 4) centralizing and coordinating education and information material, to direct both HCPs and the general public to the best material available.

Published in Papillomavirus Research

ISSN: 2405-8521 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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