HPV vaccine awareness, perceptions, uptake, and school-based information channels during Nigeria’s national rollout: a cross-sectional study among adolescent girls in rural Oyo State
Ifeoluwa Eunice Adewole, Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu, Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin, Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa, Oluwabukola Mary Ola, Gift Modupe Adelaja, Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju, Abel Nnamdi Chukwuemeka, Lilian Ogochukwu Ezechi, Dolapo Omotayo Raji, Posi Emmanuel Aduroja, Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi · 2026
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Ifeoluwa Eunice Adewole and eleven colleagues ask what rural Nigerian schoolgirls know about the HPV vaccine while the national rollout is under way. Nigeria added the vaccine to routine immunisation in October 2023, delivering through schools and communities. Their 2026 survey covered 441 girls at twelve secondary schools across three rural areas of Oyo State in May and June 2024, during the rollout phase. Questionnaires measured knowledge, beliefs, and self-reported vaccination, and models hunted uptake predictors.
Awareness stayed low: under three in ten girls had heard of cervical cancer, the virus, or the vaccine, with schools the commonest source for those who had. Only 41 girls, 9.3 percent, reported being vaccinated. A favourable view of the vaccine dwarfed knowledge as a predictor of uptake and willingness. Among the unvaccinated, half lacked information; others felt at low risk or feared side effects. The authors press for school-based messaging built around trust, not facts alone.
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| CREATOR | Ifeoluwa Eunice Adewole, Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu, Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin, Akim Tafadzwa Lukwa, Oluwabukola Mary Ola, Gift Modupe Adelaja, Mobolaji Timothy Olagunju, Abel Nnamdi Chukwuemeka, Lilian Ogochukwu Ezechi, Dolapo Omotayo Raji, Posi Emmanuel Aduroja, Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 68884 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |