Kyounghae Kim|Boyoung Kim|Eunsuk Choi|Youngshin Song|Hae Ra Han
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Decision Making About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Korean American Women: A Focus Group Study
Johns Hopkins University|Honam University|Kyungpook National University|Chungnam National University|Johns Hopkins University
objective one fastest growing ethnic minority groups united states korean american ka women experience heightened cervical cancer burden advent human papillomavirus hpv vaccine offers unprecedented opportunity eliminate cervical cancer disparities ka women however uptake hpv vaccine among ka adolescents remains suboptimal hence set explore knowledge perceptions decision making hpv vaccination among ka women methods conducted four focus groups 26 ka women participated communitybased randomized controlled trial promote breast cervical cancer screening focus group data analyzed using qualitative content analysis results four main themes emerged focus groups 1 limited awareness knowledge hpv vaccine 2 perceptions beliefs hpv vaccination acceptance negative perceptions ambivalence 3 patterns decision making hpv vaccination hierarchical peer influenced autonomous collaborative 4 promoting hpv education information sharing korean community conclusion ka women generally positive toward hpv vaccination lack awareness knowledge hpv culturally tailored hpv education programs based ka womens decisionmaking patterns effective information sharing trustworthy sources comfortable environments suggested strategies promote hpv vaccination ka community findings point need multilevel approach addressing linguistic cultural system barriers recent immigrant community faces promoting hpv vaccinations development targeted interventions ka women educational strategies patterns decision making need considered