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Factors affecting knowledge about human papillomavirus and its vaccination programme
  1. Arka Das, MBChB
  1. Core Medical Trainee, New Cross Hospital, Birmingham, UK; arka.das@hotmail.co.uk
  1. Vidya Madhwapathi, MBChB
  1. Core Medical Trainee, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  1. Ashley Spencer, MBChB
  1. Foundation Year 2 Doctor, New Cross Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  1. Helen Williams, MBChB
  1. Academic Foundation Year 2 Doctor, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
  1. Emma Dearnley, MBChB
  1. GP Specialist Trainee, New Cross Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  1. Greg Brown, MBChB
  1. Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
  1. Philippa Davies, MBChB
  1. GP Specialist Trainee, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2014-100894

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    We have recently read an article in this Journal by Bowyer et al.1 that found ethnicity to be the only significant factor that predicted human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake amongst adolescent girls in England, UK.

    Shortly after the start of the vaccination programme, multivariate analysis of our cross-sectional study demonstrated that the level of knowledge regarding the HPV vaccination programme was significantly lower amongst children of non-white ethnicity.2 It is worth considering therefore that lower level of knowledge could lead to lower uptake.

    Bowyer …

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