Cultural adaptation and content validation of the WHO BeSD framework for HPV vaccination in Pakistan: A two-phase Delphi and cognitive interview study
The adapted BeSD-HPV tool demonstrated strong content and response-process validity for the Pakistani context. This culturally sensitive instrument will support future large-scale studies to determine the construct validity and reliability of the BeSD-HPV, thereby providing a validated tool to assess drivers of HPV vaccine acceptance and inform future context-specific demand generation strategies.
Authors
- Abdul Momin Rizwan Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-902X)
- Khola Noreen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-0698)
- Mehreen Noor
- Samina Naeem Khalid
- Saba Maryam
Institutions
- Rawalpindi Medical University (PK)
- Health Services Academy (PK)
- University of York (GB)
- National University of Sciences and Technology (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335358
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00