Identifying Hispanic mothers’ salient beliefs about human papillomavirus vaccine initiation in their adolescent daughters

Abstract

Guided by the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction, we identify mothers’ salient beliefs regarding their daughters’ initiation of the HPV vaccine series. Thirty-four Hispanic mothers responded to elicitation questions. Salient beliefs included: 1. Feeling secure, happy, relieved, concerned and fear about vaccinating; 2. believing that vaccinating prevents and protects from HPV but may result in side effects and sexual disinhibition; 3. Identifying the daughter, father, mother, aunt friends and grandmothers as supporters/non-supporters; and 4. Affordability, transportation, clinic distance and making appointments as facilitators/barriers. This study begins the process of building a model of HPV vaccine initiation for this population.

Evaluating the determinants of sugary beverage consumption among overweight and obese adults: An application of the integrative model of behavioural prediction

“…This is likely from the current low usage of the IMB compared to the TPB, which does contain descriptive norms. However, there are some qualitative studies using the IMB that have not elicited descriptive normative beliefs (Dillard, 2011; Middlestadt, 2012; Roncancio et al, 2016). This shows that the construct descriptive norms has not been fully diffused in research and practice when operationalising the IMB, and more attention is needed for operationalising the construct as an integral part of the model.…”