Anticipated Acceptance of HPV Vaccination at the Baseline of Implementation: A Survey of Parental and Adolescent Knowledge and Attitudes in Finland

Woodhall, Sarah C; Lehtinen, Matti; Verho, Tiina; Huhtala, Heini; Hokkanen, Mari; Kosunen, Elise

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.01.005

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“…This openness may be mediated by individual perceptions of the risks associated with HPV infection. Moreover, we observed a positive association between total score of HPV related knowledge and willingness to accept HPV vaccination, corroborating findings in other populations (Woodhall et al, 2007;Jones et al, 2008). Educational interventions such as distributing information pamphlets or leaflets have been recommended as a means of increasing the acceptability of HPV vaccination in other countries (Davis et al, 2004;Chan et al, 2007).…”

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Knowledge, Perceptions and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination among Medical Students in Chongqing, China

Fu¹,

Zhao²,

Saheb-Kashaf³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Objectives: To evaluate medical students' knowledge of HPV and HPV related diseases and assess their attitudes towards HPV vaccination. Methods: A total of 605 medical undergraduates from Chongqing Medical University in China were surveyed using a structured and pretested questionnaire on HPV related knowledge. Results: Some 68.9% of the medical students were females, and mean age was 21.6 (±1.00) years. Only 10.6% correctly answered more than 11 out of 14 questions on HPV related knowledge, 71.8% being willing to receive/ advise on HPV vaccination. Female students (OR: 2.69; 95% CI: 1.53-4.72) and students desiring more HPV education (OR: 4.24; 95% CI: 1.67-10.8) were more willing to accept HPV vaccination. HPV vaccination acceptability was observed to show a positive association with HPV related knowledge. Conclusions: Our survey found low levels of HPV related knowledge and HPV vaccination acceptability among participating medical students. HPV education should be systematically incorporated into medical education to increase awareness of HPV vaccination.

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confidence: 88%

Knowledge, Perceptions and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination among Medical Students in Chongqing, China

Fu¹,

Zhao²,

Saheb-Kashaf³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…The notion that vaccination could send a message condoning high-risk sexual behaviors was also significantly associated with parental decisions not to vaccinate. This finding corroborates a number of studies conducted before vaccine marketing that suggested that parental concerns about behaviors such as earlier age at sexual debut or less attention to safe sex were associated with lower rates of vaccine intentions (22,23). The proportion of parents reporting concerns about sexual disinhibition varies considerably across studies, with low levels of concerns in some (19,24) and high levels (25-30%) in others (25,26).…”

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Parental Decision Making about the HPV Vaccine

Allen

Othus

Shelton

et al. 2010

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background: Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are available, but uptake is suboptimal. Information on factors influencing parental decisions regarding vaccination will facilitate the development of successful interventions.Methods: Parents of girls ages 9 to 17 years (n = 476; cooperation rate = 67%) from a panel of U.S. households completed online surveys between September 2007 and January 2008, documenting vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and intentions.Results: Among those aware of the vaccine, 19% had already vaccinated their daughter(s), 34% intended to, 24% were undecided, and 24% had decided against vaccination. Awareness of HPV was high but knowledge levels were suboptimal (mean 72%, SEM 0.8%). Black and Hispanic parents were significantly less likely to be aware of the vaccine compared with White parents. In multivariate analyses, compared with parents who opposed vaccination, those who had already vaccinated their daughter(s) or who intended to do so had more positive attitudes, reported fewer barriers, and were more likely to perceive that family and friends would endorse vaccination. They also reported higher levels of trust in pharmaceutical companies that produce the vaccine.Conclusions: Despite limited knowledge, most parents had decided to vaccinate their daughter(s). Given evidence of diminished access to information among Black and Hispanic parents, programs should focus on reaching these groups. Interventions should address parental concerns about behavioral consequences, reduce structural barriers, and promote the perception that vaccination is endorsed by significant others. Moreover, interventions may need to address mistrust of pharmaceutical companies.Impact Statement: This study documents factors associated with parental decisions about HPV vaccination for their daughter(s) and provides direction for intervention development. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 19

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“…15,18 Intentions from other parts of the world were also higher. 7,[19][20][21] The main reluctance of our respondents when deciding to vaccinate their daughters appeared to be the concerns about vaccine safety, similar to that reported from a survey in physicians 22 and university students, 9 but less than that from other studies. 8,15,23 Females were more concerned about vaccine safety when compared to males and nurses were more concerned when compared to the other groups.…”

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confidence: 68%

Awareness of human papilloma virus, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in healthcare workers and students of medical and nursing schools

Güdücü

Gönenç²,

İşçi³

et al. 2012

J Clin Exp Invest

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ÖZETAmaç: Sağlık çalışanlarının halkı bilgilendirmedeki etkin rolü göz önüne alındığında hemşirelik öğrencileri, tıp öğrencileri ve hemşirelerin serviks kanseri, HPV ve HPV aşıları hakkındaki bilinç düzeyinin tespit edilmesini ve bilinçlendirme ihtiyacının araştırılmasını amaçladık ve İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi öğrencileri ve afiliye hastanelerdeki sağlık çalışanlarının HPV ve serviks kanseri hakkındaki bilgilerini değerlendirdik. Gereç ve yöntem:Sağlık personeli, toplumu bilgilendirme ve yönlendirme yaptığı için, anket, tıp fakültesi ilk 3 yıl öğrencilerine, hemşirelik öğrencilerine ve hemşirelere yapıldı. Dördüncü sınıftan itibaren jinekoloji derslerinin başlamasıyla birlikte bilinç yerini bilgiye bıraktığı için sadece ilk üç yıldaki tıp öğrencileri seçilmiştir. Anket sorularını cevaplandırması istenen 743 katılımcının 603 tanesi (% 81,2) anketimizi cevaplamayı kabul etti. Daha sonra kimlik bilgisi istenmeyen anketler değerlendirmeye alındı. Bulgular:Hemşireler ve hemşirelik öğrencileri, tıp fakültesi öğrencileri (ilk 3 yıl) ve diğer sağlık çalışanlarıyla kıyaslandığında smear test konusunda daha bilgiliydiler. Katılımcıların sadece %52'si kızlarının aşılanmasına itiraz etmeyeceğini beyan etti. Aşıyı kabul etmeyenlerin kabul etmeme gerekçeleri aşının güvenirliliği hakkındaki endişeler (% 41), aşının maliyeti (%10) ve aşılanmadan sonra cinsel ilişki serbestisinin onaylanması fikri (%5) idi. Dini konular engel olarak değerlendirilmedi.Sonuç: HPV, serviks kanseri ve HPV aşıları hakkındaki farkındalığın artırılması gerekmektedir.Anahtar kelimeler: HPV, HPV aşıları, serviks kanseri, bilinç düzeyi ABSTRACT Objectives: Establishment of the knowledge and the need to make conscious in medicine students, nursing students and nurses due to the effective role of updating conscious of the health workers, we aimed to assess the knowledge of nurses and students of İstanbul Bilim University and affiliated hospitals about HPV and cervical cancer. Materials and methods:Because healthcare personnel illuminate and influences the public, the survey was conducted to medicine students of the first three years, nursing students and nurses. The reason of choosing the first three years of medicine students is with the begining of the gynecology courses at the 4th year of education in medical faculty, learning takes the place of awareness. Totally 743 participants were asked to survey but 603 subjects responded (81.2%) then the surveys that was not asked for the identity information were taken into consideration Results: Nurses and students of nursing had better knowledge about smear test when compared to students of medicine (first 3 years) and other healthcare personnel. Only 52% accepted to get a daughter vaccinated. The main reasons for vaccine rejection were the concerns about vaccine safety (41%), cost of the vaccine (10%) and sexual promiscuity (5%) after vaccination. Religious aspects were not considered as an obstacle. Conclusions:The awareness of HPV, cervical cancer and HPV vaccination should be increased. J Clin Exp Invest ...

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Anticipated Acceptance of HPV Vaccination at the Baseline of Implementation: A Survey of Parental and Adolescent Knowledge and Attitudes in Finland

Cited by 117 publications

References 10 publications

Knowledge, Perceptions and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination among Medical Students in Chongqing, China

Knowledge, Perceptions and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination among Medical Students in Chongqing, China

Parental Decision Making about the HPV Vaccine

Awareness of human papilloma virus, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in healthcare workers and students of medical and nursing schools

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