Constructions of Young Women’s Health and Wellbeing in Neoliberal Times: A Case Study of the HPV Vaccination Program in Australia

Communicating Care : The Contradictions of HPV Vaccination Campaigns

“…Similar conclusions are drawn in other studies (see e.g. Polzer and Knabe 2009;Connell and Hunt 2010;Spratt et al 2013;Vardeman-Winter 2012;Charles 2013Charles , 2014Davies and Burns 2014;Burns and Davies 2015).…”

“…Cervical cancer is invoked as a matter of care for the whole family. Expanding the HPV vaccination audience from girls and young women to the family challenges predominant HPV vaccination campaign narratives which center on girls or women (Braun and Phoun 2010;Vardeman-Winter 2012;Charles 2013Charles , 2014Davies and Burns 2014;Burns and Davies 2015). At the same time, however, with the inclusion of the family as the campaign focus comes an exclusion of other possible people and constellations.…”

‘Is it like one of those infectious kind of things?’ The importance of educating young people about HPV and HPV vaccination at school

“…Many young people have limited or no understanding of the vaccines they receive, including the HPV vaccine, or the diseases they are intended to prevent (Cooper Robbins, Bernard, McCaffery, Garland, et al 2010;Bowyer et al 2013;Davies and Burns 2014;Burns and Davies 2015;Skinner et al 2015b;Kelly-Hanku et al 2017). Research in Australian schools indicates that young people's understanding, self-efficacy and involvement in decision-making about the HPV vaccine are low, while vaccination-related fear and anxiety are high Burns and Davies 2015). Australian girls offered the vaccine as part of the school programme had limited, or no understanding about HPV, HPV vaccination, their future risk of cervical cancer and other sexually transmitted infections Burns and Davies 2015;Cooper et al 2016).…”

“…Research in Australian schools indicates that young people's understanding, self-efficacy and involvement in decision-making about the HPV vaccine are low, while vaccination-related fear and anxiety are high Burns and Davies 2015). Australian girls offered the vaccine as part of the school programme had limited, or no understanding about HPV, HPV vaccination, their future risk of cervical cancer and other sexually transmitted infections Burns and Davies 2015;Cooper et al 2016). Knowledge of HPV and vaccination has been found to be even lower in Australian boys than girls (Agius 2010).…”

“…Knowledge of HPV and vaccination has been found to be even lower in Australian boys than girls (Agius 2010). Poor understanding about HPV and the HPV vaccine has also been linked to heightened anxiety on vaccination day (Cooper Robbins, Bernard, McCaffrey, et al 2010;Burns and Davies 2015).…”