Factors that Predict Parental Willingness to Have Their Children Vaccinated against HPV in a Country with Low HPV Vaccination Coverage.

Adolescent HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccination is yet to be introduced as a mandatory program in Poland. Polish literature on factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination is scant, despite the fact that uptake is one of the poorest in the European Union. To assess HPV awareness and identify independent predictors for parental willingness to have their children vaccinated against HPV.

Evaluation of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination strategies and vaccination coverage in adolescent girls worldwide.

Study Objective: An analysis of HPV vaccination strategies and vaccination coverage in adolescent girls worldwide for the last eight years with regard to potential improvement of vaccination coverage rates in Poland.

Methods: Literature search, covering the period 2006-2014, was performed using Medline. Comparative analysis of HPV vaccination strategies and coverage between Poland and other countries worldwide was conducted.

Concerns of occupational HIV infection among surgical Staff in the light of anti-HIV sero-status and the distribution of Δ32 allele of the CCR5 gene: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: Surgical staff might be considered at most risk of accidental viral infection due to their higher exposure to blood.

Aim: To evaluate surgical staff concerns about occupational HIV infection, to determine contributing factors, to assess their sero-status regarding this pathogen, and the frequency of the Δ32 allele of the CCR5 gene.

Methods: With the use of a self-administered anonymous questionnaire a cross-sectional sero-survey was conducted from February 2009-January 2010 among doctors/nurses from the surgical/ gynaecological wards of 16 randomly selected hospitals in Western Pomerania, Poland.