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Those who consider measles and HPV a severe disease had a significantly higher intention to be vaccinated (prevalence ratio (PR) of 3.5 (95% CI 1.97\u20136.32) for measles and a PR of 3.2 (95% CI 1.62\u20136.35) for HPV). One-third of the participants (32.4%; 95% CI 27.8\u201337.4) were not aware that they are allowed to consent to receiving vaccines. The most common trusted source reported by respondents (n = 311) was the medical doctor (80.7%; 95% CI 75.7\u201384.7). The main finding related to the aim of the study was that the proportion of objectors is below 4% and therefore it should still be possible to reach measles elimination for which a 95% uptake is necessary. Although the proportion of objectors is not higher compared to adults, we recommend to intensify health education to increase health literacy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vaccines8040610","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,15]],"date-time":"2020-10-15T09:02:03Z","timestamp":1602752523000},"page":"610","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["14-year-old Schoolchildren can Consent to Get Vaccinated in Tyrol, Austria: What do They know about Diseases and Vaccinations?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8468-8719","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter","family":"Kreidl","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria-Magdalena","family":"Breitwieser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Emergency Medicine, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, 4600 Wels, Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6804-442X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Reinhard","family":"W\u00fcrzner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8011-5825","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wegene","family":"Borena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Virology, Department for Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"WHO (2019, July 24). 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