Cervical cancer and HPV: Awareness and vaccine acceptability among parents in Morocco

Mouallif, Mustapha; Bowyer, Harriet L.; Festali, S.; Albert, Adelin; Filali-Zegzouti, Younes; Guenin, Samuel; Delvenne, Philippe; Waller, Jo; Ennaji, Moulay Mustapha

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“…Nine included studies assessed the awareness of 5,157 Africans in regard to HPV, four studies were conducted in Nigeria [35,36,41] and one in each of Madagascar, Morocco, Mali, South Africa and Senegal [43,49,51,54,70,71] . The oldest among the study included was conducted in 2010 while the newest was conducted in 2016 (Table 1).…”

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Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Suluiman¹,

SalahEldin

Idris

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30Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and 31 economic consequences, The current systematic review was conducted in order to determine 32 awareness and knowledge of Africans of sexually transmitted infections, not only concerning 33 HIV/AIDS, but also other STIs such as, gonorrhea, syphilis, HBV, HCV and HPV. A systematic 34 review of the literature was conducted, studies were retrieved and selected after they fulfilled the 35 inclusion criteria and passed the assessment procedure. related data was extracted, quantitative 36 analysis was conducted among participants who responded to questions related to HIV, HBV, HCV, 37 HPV or STIs knowledge, sensitivity analysis as well as subgroup analysis were also conducted. 38 Seventy four articles addressing knowledge among 35 African countries were included and 136 39 questions were analyzed and synthesized. The question Using condom will reduce HIV 40 transmission?'' was answered by 1,799,374 Africans in 35 countries, 66.82% [95% Cl; 62.65, 70.98] 41 answered yes. While the question ''Is sexual contact a possible route of HBV transmission?'' was 42 answered by 7,490 participants in 5 countries; 42.58% [95% Cl; 20.45, 64.71] answered yes. The 43 differences observed among populations are highlighting the possibility for containment and control 44 by directing light toward specific populations or countries as well as addressing specific awareness 45 knowledge to ensure that the general as well as the related specific preventive awareness knowledge 46 is improved. 47 Introduction 50 Sexually transmitted Infections (STIs) are ambiguous burden of tremendous health, social and 51 economic consequences. Most of them are hidden because many people may feel stigmatized when 52 addressing them. Moreover, the committee on prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases 53 in USA estimated that the annual costs of selected major STDs are approximately $10 billion or, if 54 sexually transmitted HIV is included, $17 billion [1] . 55 According to UNAIDS; almost 37 million people globally were living with HIV in 2017, sub-Saharan 56 Africa accounted for 66% of the cases, 68% of new adult HIV infections, 92% of new infections in 57 children and 72% of all AIDS-related deaths. Earlier in 2009, Swaziland topped the world's HIV 3 58epidemic countries with a 26% prevalence among adults, while South Africa was the country with the 59 world's largest prevalence of people living with HIV as 5.6 million [2,3] . 60On the other hand and according to WHO; an estimated 257 million people are living with HBV 61 infection with the highest prevalence in the Western Pacific Region and the African Region as 6.2% 62 and 6.1% of the adult population are infected, respectively. About 1% of persons living with HBV 63 infection (2.7 million people) are also infected with HIV. Moreover, approximately 399,000 people 64 89 exception was if the collection process continued months/years earlier than 2010 and ended in 2010 or 90 afterwards. The keyw...

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Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

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SalahEldin

Idris

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“…Although parents have been shown to play a significant role in children’s health behaviour, there have been few studies about the perceptions of Chinese parents toward the HPV vaccination, and even fewer concerning how these perceptions influence their decision on whether to have their children vaccinated. The few past studies on this subject [25-27] were conducted in non-Asian countries, and there is a paucity of Chinese-based research.…”

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Perceptions of and barriers to vaccinating daughters against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among mothers in Hong Kong

Siu

2014

BMC Women's Health

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BackgroundSignificant others are noted to be remarkable influences in modelling children’s and young people’s health perceptions and their adoption of health behaviour. The vaccinations which a child receives are shown to be significantly influenced by his or her parents. However, there is a paucity of Chinese-based studies. When discussing the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, very few studies examine the perceptions of Chinese parents regarding the vaccine as a preventive health measure, and even fewer examine how these perceptions of the vaccine and sexual values influence their motivations in encouraging their children to be vaccinated. In view of the literature gap, this article investigates the perceptions of Hong Kong mothers in regard to vaccinating their daughters against HPV in Hong Kong.MethodsA qualitative research approach with individual semi-structured interviews was conducted with 35 mothers aged 30 to 60 years old with daughter(s) between 9 and 17 years old.ResultsSix connected themes emerged. The participants commonly perceived the HPV vaccination as being unnecessary for their daughters in view of their young age. They worried that it would encourage their daughters to engage in premarital sex, and perceived the vaccination to be potentially harmful to health. Also, their low perceived risk of HPV in addition to the lack of reassurance from their health care providers failed to convince the participants that the vaccination was important for their daughters’ health. Finally, the participants found the vaccine to be expensive and perceived it to have little protection value in comparison to other optional vaccines.ConclusionThe sampled mothers did not have a positive perception of the HPV vaccine. The cultural association between receiving the vaccination and premarital sex was prevalent. Bounded by their cultural values, the participants also had many misconceptions regarding the vaccine and the transmission of HPV, which discouraged them from having their daughters vaccinated. Furthermore, a lack of support from health care providers and the government health authorities concerning HPV vaccination failed to provide confidence and reassurance to mothers, and conveyed a meaning to these mothers that HPV vaccine is relatively unimportant.

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“…When examining literature from Africa, the nine articles reviewed on parental acceptability to get their child vaccinated included studies from Cameroon, multiple areas in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Tanzania, Malawi and Botswana. Of these articles, parent acceptability ranged from 67%-95%, with responses varying based on the convenience of vaccine administration (Becker-Dreps, Otieno, Brewer, Agot, & Smith, 2010;DiAngi, Panozzo, Ramogola-Masire, Steenhoff, & Brewer, 2011;Ezeanochie & Olagbuji, 2014;Francis et al, 2011;Mouallif et al, 2014;Ports, Reddy, & Rameshbabu, 2013;Vermandere et al, 2014;Wamai et al, 2012). The three most common variables associated with parental acceptability throughout all studies were higher education, having higher levels information around the disease and the HPV vaccine, as well as increased perceived risk.…”

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“…Specifically, reasons for the distrust with the HPV vaccine included concerns of causing infertility, that the vaccine would not be administered safely or that it would not be effective. Additionally, three articles cited parental beliefs that their daughters would be more likely to become sexually active if vaccinated against HPV (DiAngi et al, 2011;Mouallif et al, 2014). Cost, comparatively, was not a dominant drawback for parental acceptability or uptake but many survey respondents reported a maximum willingness to pay: the highest amount from all the articles was equivalent to $5 USD.…”

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“…Research conducted in similar settings demonstrated caretaker HPV vaccine acceptance for their daughters between 44-96%. The most common reasons for caregivers (predominantly female) to refuse the HPV vaccine for their daughters included, fears about vaccine efficacy and safety, low education and awareness about HPV and its association to cervical cancer and the high cost of the vaccine (Mouallif et al, 2014;Perkins et al, 2011;Vincente et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2013).…”

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A pivotal time in global cervical cancer prevention: Examining young women's awareness about the human papillomavirous and attitudes towards the HPV vaccine in Durban, South Africa

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It is a pivotal time in cervical cancer prevention for young South African (SA) women. Cervical cancer and infection with human immunodeficiency virus are both major public health concerns in SA. This study describes knowledge of female adolescents and young adults (AYA) about HPV, cervical cancer and explores predictors of HPV vaccine and HPV self-sample testing acceptability. In this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were administered to 122 female AYA who involved in a longitudinal study (AYAZAZI) which examined risk factors involved with HIV acquisition. Results indicated that although awareness and knowledge about these topics was very low among participants, as were perceptions of risk of acquiring HPV and developing cervical cancer, acceptability was very high towards HPV vaccines for self (97%) and (future) children (95%), as well for self-sample testing (85%). No significant variables were found to be associated with risk perception or self-sample acceptance. A significant difference was found between participants' perceived risk of acquiring HPV, HIV, and developing cervical cancer compared to the risk they felt other female AYA in their communities were at. The most influential sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information source and significant influences on HPV vaccine recommendations for participants were health care providers. Findings from this study are important in designing effective cervical cancer control programs that can attract more AYA for HPV vaccines and screening. As the HPV vaccine has only recently been introduced at a national level in SA, this study about awareness and vaccine acceptability is timely.

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Cervical cancer and HPV: Awareness and vaccine acceptability among parents in Morocco

Cited by 43 publications

References 40 publications

Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Knowledge Gaps of STIs in Africa; Systematic review

Perceptions of and barriers to vaccinating daughters against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among mothers in Hong Kong

A pivotal time in global cervical cancer prevention: Examining young women's awareness about the human papillomavirous and attitudes towards the HPV vaccine in Durban, South Africa

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