Uptake of Human Papilloma Virus vaccine among young women living in fishing communities in Wakiso and Mukono districts, Uganda
Data files
Jan 23, 2024 version files 24.95 KB
-
Manuscript_datasetv3.dta
23.35 KB
-
README.md
1.61 KB
Abstract
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a preventable cause of cervical cancer, the most common cancer among women in Uganda. The Uganda Ministry of Health included the HPV vaccine in the free routine immunization schedule since 2015. Five years after this policy, we assessed the uptake of the HPV vaccine and associated socio-demographic factors among young women living in fishing communities in Central Uganda in 2020.
We analyzed secondary data from 94 young women aged 9–25 years who were recruited from the two fishing communities (Kasenyi landing site and Koome Island) in a primary implementation study that aimed to promote awareness of maternal and childhood vaccines. We assessed uptake of the HPV vaccine as the proportion of participants who self-reported to have ever received at least one dose of the HPV vaccine. We assessed the socio-demographic factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake using a modified Poisson regression model adjusted for clustering by study site in STATA version 17.
The mean (standard deviation) age of study participants was 21.1 (3.1) years and most (81.9%) of them were from Kasenyi landing site. The uptake of the HPV vaccine was 10.6% [95% Confidence Interval (CI) 5.6, 18.9]. After adjusting for covariates, being 20–25 years old (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] 0.18, 95%CI 0.06, 0.59) and of Catholic religion (aPR 5.55, 95%CI 1.53, 20.16) were significantly associated with HPV vaccine uptake. The HPV vaccine uptake was very low, despite the reported 99% national coverage of HPV vaccination program for the first dose at the end of 2019. Age and religion were shown to be important determinants of the HPV vaccine uptake. Reasons for very low uptake of HPV vaccinations need to be carefully assessed to find effective strategies to improve it.
This dataset is a STATA file (created in STATA version 17.0). It contains all the variables used in the analysis that gave rise to the findings reported in this Manuscript. Variable descriptions and the value labels are provided in the file.
Description of the data and file structure
The data are in the form of a STATA file with an extension of “dta”. It can be opened in STATA software. The value for each variable is already defined with the respective value labels and also the variable descriptions are in this dataset
Sharing/Access information
Some variables in the data like actual age, religion, tribe and number of children were not included in this data set to preserve confidentiality. However, data on these variables can be accessed by contacting the corresponding author
Data can also be accessed by contacting the corresponding author at mutlabans@gmail.com
STATA Codes
The analysis codes were developed in STATA version 17.0 (Texas, USA) software.
The analysis for descriptive variables was all done in the survey window (survey data analysis methods) to adjust for the multi-stage sampling design used in the study.
The modified Poisson regression models were also developed using the survey data analysis methods (in the survey window) to adjust for multi-stage sampling design. In these models, the linearized standard errors were used (as they adjust for the multi-stage sampling design)
Detail of the coding are available in a separate file
This was a secondary analysis of data collected from a larger implementation project that aimed at increasing awareness of maternal vaccines in fishing communities of Wakiso and Mukono districts in Uganda.
This data was extracted from the main datasets by the data manager, no identifying infromation was included.
Data analysis was done in STATA version 17.0 (Texas USA).