HPV knowledge and acceptance of HPV vaccination among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Germany: a multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study
Despite almost 80% participants being aware of HPV, vaccination uptake was low among all participants. More information about HPV, i.e., through physicians and social networks, might support informed decision-making. Further, facilitating access by offering reimbursement options for vaccination could potentially be a factor to help increase HPV vaccination uptake among MSM in Germany.
Authors
- Matthias C. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-8442)
- Sven Schellberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1117-7836)
- Agnes Luzak
- Lisa M. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0729-8896)
- Stephan M. Schneeweiß
- Cornelia Wähner
- Stefan Eßer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3625-9650)
- Nils Postel
- Daniel T. Beer
- Anja Potthoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5323-1281)
- Maher Almahfoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9912-7833)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- MSD (Germany) (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- München Klinik (DE)
- Reaction Biology (Germany) (DE)
- Sexual Health Clinic (FI)
- FH Aachen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25746-x
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00