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dc.contributor.authorStearns, S
dc.contributor.authorQuaife, SL
dc.contributor.authorForster, A
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T14:02:31Z
dc.date.available2020-10-20
dc.date.available2021-04-06T14:02:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-22
dc.identifier.citationStearns, S.; Quaife, S.L.; Forster, A. Examining Facilitators of HPV Vaccination Uptake in Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Cross-Sectional Survey Design. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7713. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217713en_US
dc.identifier.otherARTN 7713
dc.identifier.urihttps://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/71076
dc.description.abstractMen who have sex with men (MSM) in England are eligible for vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) via specialist sexual health services and HIV clinics. Uptake among clinic attendees is incomplete, but the reason for this is unclear. We do not know who is accessing and being offered the vaccine. This cross-sectional study conducted in England examined socio-demographic correlates of vaccine uptake for MSM and how frequently the vaccine is being offered in clinics. MSM completed an online questionnaire asking about socio-demographic characteristics, whether they had recently attended a sexual health or HIV clinic, and if so, whether they had been offered the vaccine, and vaccination status. Around 52% of MSM (N = 115; mean age = 30.2) had received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 70% of clinic attendees had been offered the vaccine. MSM were more likely to have initiated the vaccine series if they were homosexual (versus bisexual; OR: 5.22; 95% CI: 1.55–17.51) or had heard about the vaccine from one or two types of sources (versus no sources: OR: 14.70; 95% CI: 4.00–54.00 and OR: 26.00; 5.74–117.77 respectively). Initiation was not associated with age, ethnicity, education level, or number of sexual partners. Hepatitis B vaccination status was associated with vaccination initiation only in unadjusted models. The majority of eligible MSM are being offered the vaccine in clinics. Socio-demographic differences in uptake of the HPV vaccine among MSM may lead to inequalities in HPV-related disease.en_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectmen who have sex with menen_US
dc.subjecthuman papillomavirusen_US
dc.subjectsexually transmitted infectionsen_US
dc.subjectsexual healthen_US
dc.subjectvaccinationen_US
dc.titleExamining Facilitators of HPV Vaccination Uptake in Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Cross-Sectional Survey Designen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph17217713
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pubs.issue21en_US
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_US
pubs.volume17en_US
rioxxterms.funderDefault funderen_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectDefault projecten_US


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