High HPV vaccination uptake rates for adolescent girls after regional governmental funding in Shiki City, Japan

Web-based Recruiting for a Survey on Knowledge and Awareness of Cervical Cancer Prevention Among Young Women Living in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

“…1,2 This situation is thought to be a result of low uptake of the CC cytology screening program. With a population of approximately 65,600,000 women, Japan reported in 2007 that 8867 women were newly diagnosed with invasive CC, whereas 2737 women died from the disease in 2011.…”

Three‐year questionnaire survey on human papillomavirus vaccination targeting new female college students

“…Hayashi et al . reported that a high HPV vaccination uptake rate (90.7%) was achieved in the city of Shiki in the south of Saitama Prefecture (population of 69 611 according to the 2010 census), which started full subsidization for HPV vaccination before the national program . In the present study, multivariate logistic regression analysis, which targeted newly enrolled students in 2013, was conducted to investigate the influence of financial support on HPV vaccination.…”

“…Hayashi et al reported that a high HPV vaccination uptake rate (90.7%) was achieved in the city of Shiki in the south of Saitama Prefecture (population of 69 611 according to the 2010 census), which started full subsidization for HPV vaccination before the national program. 11 In the present study, multivariate logistic regression analysis, which targeted newly enrolled students in 2013, was conducted to investigate the influence of financial support on HPV vaccination. The students who were 18 years of age when they entered the study universities and who were eligible for financial support from the national program were more likely to have received the vaccination than older students (odds ratio [OR], 4.52; 95% CI, 2.97-6.88; Table 3).…”

Cancer Control Programs in East Asia: Evidence From the International Literature

“…With regard to high risk HPV vaccination the situation is fluid and most countries have yet to introduce a national program, at least as evidenced by the literature, an exception being Japan in 2011[62]. It also appears, however, to be part of the program in Malaysia, where a number of papers have appeared regarding willingness for parents to have their daughter vaccinated and positive attitudes of students themselves and medical personnel[63-65].…”