Background Many countries have recently expanded their childhood immunisation
programmes. Schools are an increasingly attractive setting for delivery of these new …

Adolescence presents a key opportunity to build vaccine-related health literacy and promote
vaccine confidence and uptake. Although adolescents are central to vaccination programs …

Childhood immunization involves a balance between parents' autonomy in deciding
whether to immunize their children and the benefits to public health from mandating …

Understanding the processes and the factors influencing intersectoral collaboration is vital
for the ongoing success of programmes that rely on effective partnerships between sectors …

In light of current concern over pediatric immunization rates, 53 US parents with at least one
child kindergarten age or younger were surveyed and interviewed regarding vaccine …

The process of obtaining informed consent for school-based adolescent immunisation
provides an opportunity to engage families. However, the fact that parental consent needs to …

Introduction The recent global expansion of routine adolescent vaccination programmes has
the potential to protect young people against infectious diseases and improve their health …

Background: Uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is suboptimal among some
groups. We aimed to determine the feasibility of undertaking a cluster randomised controlled …

Introduction There is limited knowledge of adolescent views and attitudes towards
immunisation. Our study investigated adolescent attitudes to immunisation and compared …

Background Policy decisions about childhood vaccination require consideration of multiple,
sometimes conflicting, public health and ethical imperatives. Examples of these decisions …