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. 2020 Jan 17;2020(1):CD011895. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011895.pub2

Esposito 2018.

Methods Randomised trial in Italy
Participants Participants: adolescents aged 11–13 years
Number per group: 334 participants in no intervention group, 281 participants in website educational programme only, and 302 participants in website educational programme plus the face‐to‐face lesson
Total number enrolled: 917 adolescents
Study population: over 1 school year, involving 4 secondary schools for adolescents aged 11–13 years and 8 schools for adolescents 14–18 years old in Milan, Italy.
Interventions Intervention: education intervention on adolescent vaccines
Description:
  • registration of vaccination coverage and attitudes toward vaccination at the beginning and at the end of the school year plus participation in a presentation and access to a specific website dedicated to vaccines and vaccination;

  • the procedures described in arm 2 plus participation in a lecture on vaccines and vaccination from medical experts in classrooms.


Duration: 1 school year
Comparison: no education intervention on adolescent vaccines
Description of comparison: registration of vaccination coverage and attitudes toward vaccination at the beginning and at the end of the school year, but no intervention
Vaccine target: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and HPV vaccines
Disease targeted: cervical cancer and tetanus, pertussis and diphtheria
Number of doses: not specified
Outcomes Adolescent vaccines uptake
Knowledge and attitude on adolescent vaccines
Notes  

HPV: human papillomavirus.