Understanding Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Hesitancy in Japan Using Social Media: Content Analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 27; no. 6; p. e68881
• Main Authors: Liu, Junyu, Niu, Qian, Nagai-Tanima, Momoko, Aoyama, Tomoki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 11.02.2025; Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Access; Analysis; Annotations; Attitudes; Cervical cancer; Content analysis; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 Vaccines; Data collection; Data mining; Female; Health aspects; Health behavior; Health education; Human papillomavirus; Human Papillomavirus Viruses; Humans; Immunization; Intervention; Japan; Large language models; Misinformation; Natural language processing; Original Paper; Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control; Papillomavirus Vaccines - administration & dosage; Policy making; Professionals; Public health; Public opinion; Reinstatement; Social aspects; Social Media; Social network analysis; Social networks; Time series; Topics; Uptake; Vaccination; Vaccination Hesitancy - statistics & numerical data; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines; Warnings; Japan; human papillomavirus; topic modeling; vaccine confidence; HPV vaccine; large language model; HPV; stance analysis

Despite the reinstatement of proactive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine recommendations in 2022, Japan continues to face persistently low HPV vaccination rates, which pose significant public health challenges. Misinformation, complacency, and accessibility issues have been identified as key factor...