Risk Messages About HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of Canadian and U.S. National Newspaper Articles

Abdelmutti, Nazek; Hoffman‐Goetz, Laurie

doi:10.1080/03630240903238776

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“…Greece seems to lag behind, as compared to US figures of 37% at similar time lag after inclusion [32]. Recent inclusion, negative publicity, and doubts on the vaccine's efficacy and safety may have contributed to the particularly low uptake [1,16]. To increase HPV coverage, interventions may be informed by the Central European Vaccination Advisory Group guidelines, suggesting administration at the same visit with other vaccines and school-based immunizations [27].…”

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Vaccination coverage among adolescents and risk factors associated with incomplete immunization

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The compliance with vaccination recommendations in adolescence has not been well documented in Greece. The aims of the present study were to estimate the vaccination coverage in a sample of adolescents and to identify risk factors associated with incomplete immunization. Α total of 1,005 adolescents aged 11 to 19 years who were outpatient visitors at an Adolescent Health Unit were included in this study. Participation required parental presence and consent and presentation of the official Child Health Booklet, from which immunizations were transcribed. The highest coverage rates were observed for childhood immunizations: poliomyelitis and hepatitis B (both 96%), measles/mumps/rubella (MMR; 93.1%), and meningitidis C (MenC; 83.4%). By contrast, lower rates were shown for the booster dose of tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (39.6%), for hepatitis A (HAV; 59.1%), for the varicella vaccine (13.8% among adolescents without disease history), and among girls for the human papillomavirus vaccine (11.9%). We found a significant association between age and series completion for MMR, MenC, and HAV, with lower uptake among older adolescents . Overall, 22.7% of study participants were fully vaccinated according to criteria employed. In particular, non-urban residents, non-nationals, and females had lower likelihood of being fully vaccinated. In conclusion, our findings suggest suboptimal vaccination coverage among our sample's adolescents, mandating that every effort should be made to increase uptake, particularly among the geographically dispersed and the culturally diverse and female adolescents.

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Vaccination coverage among adolescents and risk factors associated with incomplete immunization

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“…4 Researchers also found that the vaccine was increasingly described as controversial over the course of the debate. This was particularly so after states began to consider requiring the vaccine for school-age girls.…”

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Controversy Undermines Support For State Mandates On The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

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State actions requiring adolescent girls to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine created controversy following the vaccine's approval in 2006. Some health professionals worried that the controversy might dampen public support for those state policies and for other school immunizations in general. We fielded an experimental Internet survey to determine how controversy affects attitudes about vaccines. We discovered that public support for the HPV vaccine mandates wanes when the public is informed that the policies are controversial. However, the experimental survey also revealed that exposure to this policy controversy did not spill over and reduce public support for immunizations in general.

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“…As to visibility of 'fright factors' investigated in other media analyses (Abdelmutti & Hoffman-Goetz, 2009;Bennett, Calman, & Curtis, 2009;Burke, 2012;Deignan et al, 2013;Ekberg, 2007;Granatt, 2004;Meara, 2002;Verbeke, Frewer, Scholderer, & De Brabander, 2007), they were very little present in the newspapers we covered; for the most part we observed that articles especially from the Edmonton Journal and the Calgary Herald have a very upbeat tone regarding greening and are about businesses and individuals who are 'greening' their actions. However, it is not quite clear how much of an impact this upbeat coverage has especially as the economic factor was so evident.…”

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Greening and Energy Issues: An Analysis of Four Canadian Newspapers

Wolbring¹,

Noga²

2013

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The concept of greening has been part of the public discourse for some time. The greening of energy, which is seen as essential for green growth and a green economy, which in turn is seen as essential for sustainable development, is part of this public discourse. Media is seen to be important in shaping public opinion. We investigated how two national Canadian newspapers (Globe and Mail and National Post) and two regional (Alberta) newspapers (Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal) cover greening as it relates to energy issues. The key findings were: although 88% of newspaper articles that covered greening also covered energy issues, only 0.15% of the articles that covered energy issues also contained the term greening; greening was mostly framed in economical not environmental protection terms; many themes were covered but often only once in a given article and often in less than 10% of the overall articles. This analysis could give guidance to stakeholders such as industry and non-governmental organizations on how greening is discussed in relation to energy issues. The analysis suggests that there is a need for increasing the visibility of greening in energy covering articles, that a more analytical approach is needed linking it for example to the greening indicator discourse as indicators are envisioned to give guidance as to what to do how and that a rethinking of how stakeholders distribute their greening message as it relates to energy issues might be warranted.

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Risk Messages About HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of Canadian and U.S. National Newspaper Articles

Cited by 62 publications

References 25 publications

Vaccination coverage among adolescents and risk factors associated with incomplete immunization

Vaccination coverage among adolescents and risk factors associated with incomplete immunization

Controversy Undermines Support For State Mandates On The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Greening and Energy Issues: An Analysis of Four Canadian Newspapers

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