Sexual and reproductive health-related knowledge, attitudes and support network of Italian adolescents.

Objectives: What is the state of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge among teens? What about adolescents' attitudes toward SRH and the available supporting network?

Study Design: A cross-sectional study conducted between April and May 2018.

Methods: An anonymous 36-item questionnaire on SRH knowledge, behaviors, and networks was developed, revised and validated by a multidisciplinary health professional team, then distributed to high school students in Udine (Italy).

Results: 747 questionnaires were collected in five high schools; respondents were predominantly male, mean age 14.

Beliefs about HPV vaccination and awareness of vaccination status: Gender differences among Northern Italy adolescents.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most frequent sexually transmitted infectious agents worldwide, and it is responsible for a significant burden of cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate HPV knowledge and awareness in a sample of Northeastern Italian adolescents and parental support available to them, in order to highlight potential room for improvement towards optimal HPV vaccination adherence. Between April and May 2018 an observational questionnaire-based study was conducted in 1st year students of secondary upper schools in Udine (Italy).

Parental thoughts after the Codroipo case: the other side of the story.

Background: To address vaccine hesitancy and to build public trust, many factors need to be considered in the process of planning consistent public health interventions. After uncertain vaccinations of the Codroipo case, hesitant parents were surveyed about own beliefs and trusted sources of information.

Methods: A semi-structured phone survey was conducted between December 2017 and February 2018, collecting also age and educational level of respondents.

Parental trust and beliefs after the discovery of a six-year-long failure to vaccinate.

Background: In Italy vaccine hesitancy worsened after a failure to vaccinate episode that took place in Friuli Venezia-Giulia Region until early 2017 which undermined herd immunity by leaving unprotected more than 5,444 children.

Methods: Between May and June 2017, 2,557 parents were surveyed at the local vaccination clinic where they were invited within the subsequent extraordinary vaccination campaign. The aim of the survey was to evaluate whether the multi-channel extraordinary vaccination campaign had reached the target population and to know parental beliefs and trusted sources of information after the failure to vaccinate event.

Management of reduced vaccine coverage due to 6 years of failure to vaccinate: The Codroipo case, Italy.

During 2017 an alert was raised in relation to a possible vaccination failure occurred in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Italy) between 2009 and 2015, exposing multiple cohorts of children and the entire community to vaccine preventable diseases outbreak risk. The Codroipo case resulted in 20,441 vaccine doses being in doubt, thus prompting the healthcare system to react in order to revaccinate 5444 children through planning and implementing network actions and multiple channels of communication.