HPV vaccine awareness and uptake in rural Indigenous communities in Guatemala: a cross-sectional study
Despite strong willingness to vaccinate, significant knowledge gaps persist among Indigenous caregivers. Tailored, community-informed education strategies-delivered through trusted channels and adapted linguistically and culturally-are urgently needed to increase awareness and uptake of the HPV vaccine in underserved Guatemalan communities.
Authors
- Victoria Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4052)
- Jamie Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-5958)
- Lucía Abascal Miguel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7142-8704)
- Nadia Diamond‐Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-3029)
- Anne Kraemer Díaz
- Rubi Gaitán Barrillas
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Universidad Francisco Marroquín (GT)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107602
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00