This article was published in BMC-Public Health by Dan Wu from Nanjing Medical University and Jing Li from West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University and their teams. The study used a sequential mixed-methods approach with the objective to identify potential factors that lead to HPV vaccination delay among adolescent girls in China. The study found that Chinese caregivers delaying their children’s vaccination to wait for the 9-valent HPV vaccine is influenced by a combination of individual and contextual factors. Targeted health communication strategies are needed to accelerate HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents.
Pay-it-forward as a strategy to increase vaccine uptake
This research, conducted by Prof. Dan Wu from Nanjing Medical University and collaborators, was published in BMC Global and Public Health and focuses on the feasibility of the pay-it-forward strategy in increasing vaccine uptake.The commentary highlights that the pay-it-forward approach demonstrates scalability and cross-cultural adaptability, with the potential to be integrated with digital tools and government immunisation programs to promote equitable vaccine access and advance the goal of universal health coverage.