Promoting HPV vaccination at school: a mixed methods study exploring knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of French school staff

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants to the study

Respondents to the self-administered online questionnaire (n = 301)
Characteristics		N	%
*Participants’ school characteristics*
Location
Rural		184	61
Urban		113	38
NA		4	1
Status
Public		281	94
Private		16	5
NA		4	1
High-priority educational network^a
Yes		40	14
No		241	86
*Professional characteristics*
Teachers^b		143	47
School nurses		105	35
Support staff		53	18
*Personal characteristics*
Gender
Women		254	84
Men		47	16
Age (years)
< 30		18	6
[30–45]		136	45
> 45		147	49
Participants to the focus groups (n = 14)
Participant ID	Age (years)	Gender	Profession
*Focus group 1 (March 2020, face-to-face*^c)
P1	55	Woman	Teacher
P2	60	Man	Support staff (educational)
P3	53	Woman	Support staff (administrative)
P4	38	Woman	Support staff (administrative)
*Focus group 2 (September 2020, face-to-face*^c)
P5	43	Man	Teacher
P6	54	Man	Support staff (administrative)
P7	45	Woman	Teacher
P8	44	Woman	Support staff (administrative)
P9	41	Woman	Teacher
*Focus group 3 (February 2021, virtual*^d)
P10	40	Woman	School nurse
P11	44	Woman	School nurse
P12	38	Woman	School nurse
P13	62	Woman	School nurse
P14	48	Woman	School nurse

NA not available
^aAccording to the social deprivation level (for public schools only)
^bMain disciplines taught: French (21%), mathematics (14%) and life sciences (13%)
^cParticipants worked in the same school
^dParticipants worked in five different schools

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