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Media and Social Media representations of the HPV vaccine. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C., & Carnegie, E. (2017, July). Media and Social Media representations of the HPV vaccine. Paper presented at 10th Biennial International Society for Critical Health Psychology Conference

Public health interventions such as immunizations for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are not neutral but occur within a socio-cultural, historical context. They are given meaning through language and discourse. There are multiple meanings ava... Read More about Media and Social Media representations of the HPV vaccine..

Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C., & Carnegie, E. (2017, May). Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine. Paper presented at International Week, School of Health and Social Care, Global issues in Healthcare

Background: New social science research approaches are called for to address personal, socio-cultural, and political aspects of specific vaccines in context, given public anxieties and which go beyond the public health aspects. The human papillomavir... Read More about Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine..

Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray Brunton, C., Hogg, R., Kennedy, C., Hilton, S., …Pow, J. (2017). Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland. Health Education Journal, 76(4), 398-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969

Objective To examine cultural barriers and participant solutions regarding acceptance and uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine from the perspective of Black African, White-Caribbean, Arab, Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani young people.... Read More about Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland.