Table 2 Facilitators and barriers of Health care workers’ capability to recommend HPV vaccine using the TDF^a

Knowledge

Correct knowledge (F)

‘Vaccination…between the ages of 9 and 26…after the age of 26, people still develop immunogenicity’ Family Physician 1, Tertiary HF

12

Incorrect knowledge (B)

‘I think it can be given to those that are not sexually active’ Nurse 1, Primary HC

1

No knowledge (B)

‘I don’t know the content of the vaccine…I don’t know all those things’ Nurse 3, Primary HC

1

Skills

Communication skills with clients (F)

‘we know how to explain it to them in the language they understand' Nurse 3, Primary HC

7

Training for HPV vaccine administration (F)

‘we have had several summits…’ Nurse 8, Tertiary HF

1

Precautions before vaccine uptake (F)

‘if they are exposed…one can screen for HPV…and get vaccinated’ Family Physician 1, Tertiary HF

1