From Awareness to ACTion Study: Improving Human Papillomavirus Knowledge, Screening, and Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent-Mother Pairs in the HOMINY study in Nigeria
HPV awareness programmes significantly improved knowledge, vaccination uptake, and screening practices in this vulnerable population. As part of comprehensive STI elimination strategies, integrating HPV education and vaccination initiatives into HIV care and research will enhance prevention and address significant barriers. Lessons from a unique programmatic science framework provide critical insights for scaling vaccine delivery, and the design of future vaccine programmes.
Authors
- Oluwaseun Peter
- Esosa Osagie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-3259)
- Fidelis E Eki-Udoko
- Nosakhare Lawrence Idemudia
- Nicholas Schlecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-2532)
- Ozoemene Obuekwe
- Modupe O. Coker
- Praise O Okoh-Aihe
- HOMINY STUDY TEAM
- Paul Akhigbe
- Elohor Oborevwori
- Yana Bromberg
- Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Benin Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Institute of Human Virology (NG)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Translational Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- Duke Cancer Institute
- University of Benin (NG)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.28.26344092
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00