Naslov
VACCINATION AGAINST HPV IN EIGHTH GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZAGREB COUNTY

Autori
Krnić, Bernarda ; Majer, Marjeta

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
The 21st EUSUHM Congress School and Adolescent Health Priorities: Rethinking, redefining, responding / EUSUHM, Hrvatsko društvo za školsku i sveučilišnu medicinu - Zagreb : Online izdanje, 2022, 61-61

Skup
21st EUSUHM Congress School and Adolescent Health Priorities: Rethinking, redefining, responding

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 29.09.2022. - 02.10.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
HPV, vaccination, students

Sažetak
AIM: HPV vaccination was introduced in the Republic of Croatia in 2007, as optional and recommended, and from the school year 2016/17 it is available free of charge for girls and boys in the eighth grade of primary school. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, HPV vaccination was conducted with parental education through parent meetings, lectures, panel discussions, and individual counseling, but with low parental response. At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the limitation of group activities, parent counseling was conducted during regular health examination of eighth grade students. The aim of this study was to assess the vaccination coverage of boys and girls against HPV in Zagreb County from 2016/17 to 2020/21. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research included 15435 eighth grade primary school students in Zagreb County, from the school year 2016/17 to 2020/21. Data on HPV vaccination were collected from medical documentation, through regular monthly reports on vaccinated students of all school medicine teams in Zagreb County. Data were analyzed by methods of descriptive and analytical statistics and presented at a significance level of P<0.05. RESULTS: Vaccination of eighth grade primary school students against HPV showed a statistically significant increase from the 2016/17 and 1.86% vaccinated students (1.19% boys and 2.57% girls) to 2020/21 and 28.86% vaccinated students (23.90% boys and 34.25% girls) (t-test = 12.59358 ; P = 0.001). The highest vaccination coverage was achieved in the 2019/20, with 34.78% of vaccinated students (28.08% of boys and 34.78% of girls). CONCLUSION: Vaccination coverage against HPV in eighth grade primary school students has shown an increasing trend, but still it is bellow recommended levels. Results indicate the need of continuous intervention in a form of individual counseling of parents during the regular check-ups.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

POVEZANOST RADA