Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 62 No. 1, 2018.
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https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2018.8
HPV vaccination in the Republic of Croatia
Marija Posavec
; Škola narodnog zdravlja A. Štampar
Abstract
Availability of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has off ered the possibility of cancer protection in adulthood for many generations
of young people. In Croatia, HPV vaccine was fi rst registered in 2007. Croatian Association for School and University Medicine
conducted online survey among school medicine specialists in 2016. Survey results showed a variety of experience in organizing and
implementing HPV vaccination, as well as diff erent vaccine coverage. Parental concerns about HPV vaccination are numerous, but
surveys and experience suggest that most common are suspecting vaccine safety, questioning vaccine effi ciency, relating risky
sexual behavior to vaccination, and unaccustomed concept of vaccination in Croatia. Although HPV vaccination has been introduced
in Croatia for over a decade now, it remains a challenge for health professionals regarding informing and educating parents,
children and youth on the possibilities and importance of HPV prevention by vaccination.
Keywords
human papillomavirus; vaccination; coverage
Hrčak ID:
201207
URI
Publication date:
30.3.2018.
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