Naslov
VACCINATION AGAINST HPV IN EIGHTH GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POŽEGA-SLAVONIA COUNTY BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Autori
Markota Feigl, Ivana ; Majer, Marjeta ; Pavić, Ivana

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

Izvornik
21st EUSUHM Congress School and Adolescent Health Priorities: Rethinking, redefining, responding / EUSUHM, Hrvatsko društvo za školsku i sveučilišnu medicinu - Zagreb : Online izdanje, 2022, 66-66

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, COVID-19

Sažetak
AIM: HPV vaccination in Croatia is recommended, and available free of charge for girls and boys in the eighth grade of primary school. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with the COVID-19 vaccine hesitance, a vaccine hesitance against other optional vaccine appeared. The aim of this study was to assess the vaccination coverage of boys and girls against HPV in Požega-Slavonia County, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, in school year 2019/20 and 2021/22. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research included a total of 1440 eighth grade primary school students in Požega-Slavonia County, 728 in a school year 2019/20, and 712 in 2021/22. Data on HPV vaccination were collected from medical documentation, through regular monthly reports on vaccinated students of all school medicine teams in the County. Data were analyzed by methods of descriptive and analytical statistics and presented at a significance level of P<0.05. RESULTS: Out of total number of students, in 2019/20, 48.8% was vaccinated against HPV, significantly higher than 39.2% in 2021/22 (χ2=13.40 ; P<0.001). In 2019/20 there was a significantly higher number of vaccinated girls than boys (54.4% vs. 44.0% ; χ2=8.69 ; P=0.003, respectively), as well as in 2021/22 (46.6% vs. 31.8% ; χ2=16.29 ; P<0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: Vaccination coverage against HPV in eighth grade primary school students significantly decreased during the COVID- 19 pandemic in Požega-Slavonia County, with higher number of vaccinated girls before and during the pandemic. Results indicate the need of continuous intervention in achieving a recommended vaccination coverage, in both, girls and boys.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

POVEZANOST RADA