Knowledge and acceptability of male HPV vaccination among young people and community stakeholders in northwest Tanzania: social sciences in the Add-Vacc trial
Single-dose HPV vaccination of males was generally acceptable across all study groups. Ongoing, dynamic community engagement and open dialogue about the full spectrum of HPV-related sequalae and HPV vaccination for both genders are essential to building trust and improving understanding and acceptability of HPV vaccination targeting boys and girls in this Tanzanian context.
Authors
- Kathy Baisley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1849-6625)
- Saidi Kapiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1753-4060)
- Donati Malibwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-1472)
- Deborah Watson‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6247-1746)
- Charles Lacey
- John Changalucha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1248-9515)
- Ramadhan Hashim
- Victoria Ewing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7864)
- Shelley Lees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-7930)
- Richard Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1729-9892)
- Derick Deogratias
- Margaret Stanley
- S. Kelly
- Gabriel Mkungu
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (TZ)
- Hull York Medical School (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.128002
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- UK Research and Innovation
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Medical Research Council