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HPV vaccination in a context of public mistrust and uncertainty: a systematic literature review of determinants of HPV vaccine hesitancy in Europe
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Europe is increasingly described as the region in the world with the least confidence in vaccination, and particularly in the safety of vaccines. The aim of this systematic literature review was to gather and summarise all peer-reviewed and grey literature published about determinants of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine hesitancy in Europe. Ten thematic categories were identified across the 103 articles which were included in the review. Participants from European studies most commonly reported issues with the quantity and quality of information available about HPV vaccination; followed by concerns about potential side effects of the vaccine; and mistrust of health authorities, healthcare workers, and new vaccines. Comparative analyses indicated that confidence determinants differed by country and population groups. This evidence supports the need to develop context-specific interventions to improve confidence in HPV vaccination and design community engagement strategies aiming to build public trust.
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- Authors
- Karafillakis, E., Simas, C., Jarrett, C., Verger, P., Peretti-Watel, P., Dib, F., De Angelis, S., Takacs, J., Ali, K. A., Pastore Celentano, L., & Larson, H.
- Affiliations
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- Inserm (FR)
- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Karafillakis, Emilie
- Venue
- Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-02-20
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 7-8
- Pages
- 1615-1627
- ISSN
- 2164-5515 (ISSN-L)
- 2164-554X
- PMC
- PMC6783136
- OpenAlex
- W2910348912
- Cited by
- 328
- References
- 132
- Citations by year
- 2026: 43 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 11
- FWCI
- 7.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- edoc (University of Basel) (acceptedVersion)
- Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (acceptedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- HAL AMU (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (OCS-2016-0UT-2050-MCTeFo)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
- Keywords
- HPV vaccination, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine confidence, vaccine safety concerns, vaccine side effects, determinants of vaccine hesitancy, community participation, Europe
- MeSH terms
- Vaccination Refusal, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Europe, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Vaccination, Papillomavirus Infections, Uncertainty, Trust, Papillomavirus Vaccines
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