Japan Today
Friday 03rd September, 04:53 AM JST
OKAYAMA —
Only 4% of about 200 school nurses think it appropriate to inoculate girls against cervical cancer at school, an Okayama University survey showed Thursday, apparently mirroring the teachers’ concerns about their ability to deal with possible side effects.
Mikiya Nakatsuka, a professor at the university and member of the survey team, said, ‘‘I suppose many nursing teachers seem to feel uneasy about providing explanations (about the disease or group vaccination) to parents or coping with side effects.”