Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14405
Title: Using HPV vaccination for promotion of an adolescent package of care: opportunity and perspectives
Contributor(s): MacPhail, Catherine  (author)orcid ; Rees, Helen (author); Venables, Emilie (author); Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead (author)
Publication Date: 2013
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-493Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14405
Abstract: Background: Adolescents are a difficult population to access for preventive health care, particularly in less resourced countries. Evidence from developed countries indicates that the HPV vaccine schedule may be a useful platform from which to deliver other adolescent health care services. We conducted a qualitative cross sectional study to assess the potential for using the HPV vaccine in the South African public health care system as an opportunity for integrated health care services for adolescents. Methods: Parents, young adolescents, community members and key informants participated in interviews and focus group discussions about feasibility and acceptability, particularly the use of the HPV vaccination as the basis for an integrated adolescent package of care. Health care providers in both provinces participated in focus group discussions and completed a pairwise ranking exercise to compare and prioritise interventions for inclusion in an adolescent package of care. Results: Participants were in favour of integration and showed preference for detailed information about the HPV vaccine, general health information and specific sexual and reproductive health information. Among health care workers, results differed markedly by location. In North West, prioritisation was given to information, screening and referral for tobacco and alcohol abuse, and screening for hearing and vision. In Gauteng integration with referral for male circumcision, and information, screening and referral for child abuse were ranked most highly. Conclusions: There is generally support for the delivery of adolescent preventive health services. Despite national priorities to address adolescent health needs, our data suggest that national policies might not always be appropriate for vastly different local situations. While decisions about interventions to include have traditionally been made at country level, our results suggest that local context needs to be taken account of. We suggest low resource strategies for ensuring that national policies are introduced at local level in a manner that addresses local priorities, context and resource availability.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: BMC Public Health, v.13, p. 1-11
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1471-2458
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111717 Primary Health Care
111716 Preventive Medicine
111712 Health Promotion
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420304 General practice
420317 Patient safety
420603 Health promotion
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920205 Health Education and Promotion
920109 Infectious Diseases
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200203 Health education and promotion
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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