Iranian women’s perceptions of human papillomavirus and barriers to vaccination: a qualitative study based on the health belief model
The results of our study indicate that educating women and their families, improving people's sexual health awareness, integrating the vaccine into the national vaccination program, and establishing sexual health counselling units at healthcare centers are essential actions for encouraging women to get vaccinated and preventing HPV infection and its related adverse outcomes such as cancers.
Authors
- Sohrab Iranpour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-087X)
- Zohreh Keshavarz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-2481)
- Leila Alizadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7925-7316)
- Ahmad Shalbaf
Institutions
- Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Iranshahr University (IR)
- Islamic Azad University Ardabil (IR)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25583-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35