Empowerment beliefs and intention to uptake cervical cancer screening: Three psychosocial mediating mechanisms.

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Luszczynska, A., Durawa, A. B., Scholz, U., & Knoll, N., (2012). Empowerment beliefs and intention to uptake cervical cancer screening: Three psychosocial mediating mechanisms. Erschienen in: Women & Health, 52, 162-181.
Three studies tested if the associations between women's empowerment beliefs and intentions to attend cervical cancer screening could be explained by mediating psychological mecha…

Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls: Obstacles and challenges in Mysore, India.

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Madhivanan, P., Li, T., Srinivas, V., Marlow, L., Mukherjee, S., & Krupp, K., (2014). Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls: Obstacles and challenges in Mysore, India. Preventive Medicine, 64, 69-74.
Objective. Worldwide, 530,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 275,000 die annually. India bears the greatest burden of the disease with 132,000 cases and 74,000 death…

Human papillomavirus vaccine introduction - The first five years.

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Markowitz, L. E., Tsu, V., Deeks, S. L., Cubie, H., Wang, S. A., Vicari, A. S., & Brotherton, J. M. L., (2012). Human papillomavirus vaccine introduction - The first five years. Vaccine, 30S, F139-F148.
The availability of prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines has provided powerful tools for primary prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-associated diseases. Since…

Ten years of human papilloma virus vaccination in the United States.

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Markowitz, L. E., Gee, J., Chesson, H., & Stokley, S., (2018). Ten years of human papilloma virus vaccination in the United States. Academic Pediatrics, 18(2S), S3-S20.
Since human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was first introduced for females in the United States in 2006, vaccination policy has evolved as additional HPV vaccines were licensed and…

Knowledge of human papilloma virus (HPV) and HPV vaccination: An international comparison.

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Marlow, L. A. V., Zimet, G. D., McCaffery, K. J., Ostini, R., & Waller, J., (2013). Knowledge of human papilloma virus (HPV) and HPV vaccination: An international comparison. Vaccine, 31, 763-769.
Since vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) became available, awareness of HPV has dramatically increased. Implementation of a vaccine program varies internationally yet …

Variation in health beliefs across different types of cervical screening non-participants.

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Marlow, L. A. V., Ferrer, R. A., Chorley, A. J., Haddrell, J. B., & Waller, J., (2018). Variation in health beliefs across different types of cervical screening non-participants. Preventive Medicine, 111, 204-209.
Understanding factors associated with different types of cancer screening non-participation will help with the development of more targeted approaches for improving informed uptak…

Population level effects of a mass media alcohol and breast cancer campaign: A cross-sectional pre-intervention and post-intervention evaluation.

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Martin, N., Buykx, P., Shevills, C., Sullivan, C., Clark, L., & Newbury-Birch, D., (2018). Population level effects of a mass media alcohol and breast cancer campaign: A cross-sectional pre-intervention and post-intervention evaluation. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 53(1), 31-38.
Aims: To examine the relationship between a TV-led breast cancer mass-media campaign in the North East of England (conducted in two waves: Jul/2015 and Nov/2015), awareness of the…

Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in boys and girls in a school-based vaccine delivery program in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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McClure, C. A., MacSwain, M.-A., Morrison, H., & Sanford, C. J., (2015). Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in boys and girls in a school-based vaccine delivery program in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Vaccine, 33, 1786-1790.
Background: In 2013, Prince Edward Island was the first province to introduce HPV vaccine universally to grade six boys in a school-based program. Because uptake rates in boys are…

Improving human papillomavirus vaccine use in an integrated health system: Impact of a provider and staff intervention.

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McLean, H. Q., VanWormer, J. J., Chow, B. D. W., Birchmeier, B., Vickers, E., DeVries, E., …& Belongia, E. A., (2017). Improving human papillomavirus vaccine use in an integrated health system: Impact of a provider and staff intervention. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61, 252-258.
Purpose: Acceptance and coverage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the United States has been suboptimal. We implemented a multifaceted provider and staff intervention …

Predictors of colorectal cancer screening awareness among people working in a hospital environment.

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Michopoulos, S., Manios, E., Kourkoutas, H., Argyriou, K., Leonidakis, G., Zampeli, E., … & Dimopoulos, A.-M., (2017). Predictors of colorectal cancer screening awareness among people working in a hospital environment. Annals of Gastroenterology, 30, 315-321.
Background: Compliance rates for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening are much lower than those desired. Appropriate information on CRC risks and screening methods is supposed to sti…

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