Solutions to Increase Youth HPV Immunization

Phase 1: From 2020-2023, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer funded the UPHN to work with public health and community partners across Canada to determine barriers to optimal HPV immunization coverage at a sub-jurisdictional and sub-populational level.

Phase 2: From 2023-2027, the UPHN is working with existing and new partners to co-develop, implement, and evaluate innovative education and program delivery strategies aimed at achieving system-level outcomes to increase HPV immunization in school-based and youth-focused programs, contributing to:

• Increased awareness and acceptability of the HPV vaccine, including amongst previously underimmunized populations;
• Increased vaccination uptake in school-based HPV immunization programs, including amongst previously underimmunized populations;
• Improved measurement and reporting of vaccination coverage rates by school-based HPV immunization programs to identify and inform program improvements.

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• Dionne M., Sauvageau, C., Kiely, M., Dahou, M., Hamel, D., Rathwell, M., Bandara, T., Neudorf, C., Dubé E. School-based vaccination program against HPV and Hepatitis B: A longitudinal analysis of vaccine coverage between 2015 and 2021 in Quebec. Vaccine, 2024 Jan 1;42(1):17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.11.055.