Vaccination against human papillomavirus in Brazilian schoolchildren: National Survey of School Health, 2019

Authors

  • Isabella de Alcântara Gomes Silva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4727-6664
  • Ana Carolina Micheletti Gomide Nogueira de Sá Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0122-2727
  • Elton Junio Sady Prates Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-186X
  • Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-5734
  • Fernanda Penido Matozinhos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1368-4248
  • Tércia Moreira Ribeiro da Silva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5261-2266

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.6296.3835

Keywords:

Papillomaviridae; Adolescent Health; Immunization; Papillomavirus Vaccines; Vaccination Refusal; Nurses

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the prevalence of schoolchildren vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) and the reasons related to non-vaccination. Method: cross-sectional study, with data from the 2019 National Survey of School Health. The sample consisted of 160,721 students aged 13 to 17 years. The prevalence and confidence intervals (95%CI) of vaccinated adolescents were estimated according to location, sex, and administrative dependence of the school. The differences between the strata were evaluated with the Chi-square test. Adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and 95%CI were estimated with the Poisson regression model. Results: most of the students were vaccinated (62.9%), and the prevalence of girls (76.1%) was higher than that of boys (49.1%). The most prevalent reason for not vaccinating was “did not know they had to take” (46.8%), with the highest aPR in public schoolchildren in Brazil (1.6; 95%CI 1.5;1.7), from the Northeast region (1.2; 95%CI 1.1;1.2), and in students from private schools in the Northeast regions (1.1; 95%CI 1.1;1.2) and North (1.3; 95%CI 1.2;1.4). Conclusion: one out of every two Brazilian schoolchildren was vaccinated against HPV. Misinformation was a recurring reason for non-vaccination. The North and Northeast regions had the highest prevalence of non-vaccinated people, observed mainly in adolescents from public schools.

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Published

2022-11-28

Issue

Vol. 30 (2022)

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Vaccination against human papillomavirus in Brazilian schoolchildren: National Survey of School Health, 2019. (2022). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 30, e3835. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.6296.3835