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This study aims to assess awareness, perceptions, and self-reported uptake of the HPV vaccine among adolescent girls in rural Nigeria.

June 28, 2026BMC Public HealthOpen Access

HPV vaccine awareness, perceptions, uptake, and school-based information channels during Nigeria’s national rollout: a cross-sectional study among adolescent girls in rural Oyo State

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Cross-sectional study shows low HPV vaccine uptake in adolescent girls, highlighting need for better information sources.

This study aims to assess awareness, perceptions, and self-reported uptake of the HPV vaccine among adolescent girls in rural Nigeria.
Cross-sectional survey among 441 adolescent girls in rural Oyo State between May and June 2024.
Structured questionnaires measured knowledge of cervical cancer, HPV, perceptions, and vaccination status.
Multivariable binary logistic regression analyzed factors affecting HPV vaccine uptake.
Awareness of cervical cancer (26.1%) and HPV vaccination (29.0%) was low among participants.
Only 9.3% self-reported HPV vaccine uptake, with favourable vaccine perception strongly associated with uptake (AOR = 11.00, 95% CI: 3.53–34.25, p < 0.001).
Major reasons for non-vaccination were lack of information (49.3%) and low perceived risk (20.3%).

Adewole et al. (2026) studied this question.

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