Summary
There exists a research-to-practice gap that hinders the penetration of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women in Nigeria. To close this gap requires reliable, validated, easy-to-use tools to identify and measure elements of penetration that drive high performance of HPV vaccination uptake in resource limited settings. Penetration, defined here as the integration of evidence (i.e. HPV vaccines) within the culture of recipient setting or community through policies and practices remains incompletely understood in low resource settings. Currently, existing m