The effectiveness of pay-it-forward in addressing HPV vaccine delay and increasing uptake among 15-18-year-old adolescent girls compared to user-paid vaccination: a study protocol for a two-arm randomized controlled trial in China

• Main Authors: Yifan Li (Author), Chuanyu Qin (Author), Shengyue Qiu (Author), Yu He (Author), Linchuan Pang (Author), Xiaolan Xu (Author), Vivian Wan-Cheong Yim (Author), Shenglan Tang (Author), Heng Du (Author), Wenfeng Gong (Author), Fan Yang (Author), Joseph D. Tucker (Author), Weiming Tang (Author), Yun Wang (Author), Leesa Lin (Author), Mark Jit (Author), Wei Song (Author), Chunrong Li (Author), Jennifer Smith (Author), Jing Li (Author), Dan Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination could prevent cervical and other HPV-associated cancers attributable to vaccine-associated HPV types. However, HPV vaccination coverage among women aged 9-18 years old is low in China. Common barriers include poor financial affordability, mi...