A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Influencing HPV Vaccine Uptake in Soweto, South Africa among Adolescents and Their Caregivers

Ingrid T. Katz; Busisiwe Nkala; Janan Dietrich; Melissa Wallace; Linda-Gail Bekker; Kathryn Pollenz; Laura M. Bogart; Alexi A. Wright; Alexander C. Tsai; David R. Bangsberg; Glenda E. Gray

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072094

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A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Influencing HPV Vaccine Uptake in Soweto, South Africa among Adolescents and Their Caregivers

Ingrid T. Katz ,

* E-mail: ikatz2@partners.org

Affiliations Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Busisiwe Nkala,

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Janan Dietrich,

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Melissa Wallace,

Affiliation Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Linda-Gail Bekker,

Affiliation Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Kathryn Pollenz,

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Laura M. Bogart,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alexi A. Wright,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alexander C. Tsai,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David R. Bangsberg,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Glenda E. Gray

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Influencing HPV Vaccine Uptake in Soweto, South Africa among Adolescents and Their Caregivers

Ingrid T. Katz,
Busisiwe Nkala,
Janan Dietrich,
Melissa Wallace,
Linda-Gail Bekker,
Kathryn Pollenz,
Laura M. Bogart,
Alexi A. Wright,
Alexander C. Tsai,
David R. Bangsberg

Published: August 30, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072094

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