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Uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine in Kenya: testing the health belief model through pathway modeling on cohort data

BACKGROUND: Many studies investigate HPV vaccine acceptability, applying health behavior theories to identify determinants; few include real uptake, the final variable of interest. This study investigated the utility of the Health Belief Model (HBM) in predicting HPV vaccine uptake in Kenya, focusin...

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Autores principales: Vermandere, Heleen, van Stam, Marie-Anne, Naanyu, Violet, Michielsen, Kristien, Degomme, Olivier, Oort, Frans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0211-7