Jennifer D. Allen|Megan Othus|Rachel C. Shelton|Li Yi|Nancy Norman|Laura S. Tom|Marcela G. del Carmen
Parental Decision Making about the HPV Vaccine
Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Boston Public Health Commission|Massachusetts General Hospital|Cancer Research Center|Harvard University
abstract background prophylactic human papillomavirus hpv vaccines available uptake suboptimal information factors influencing parental decisions regarding vaccination facilitate development successful interventions methods parents girls ages 9 17 years n 476 cooperation rate 67 panel us households completed online surveys september 2007 january 2008 documenting vaccine knowledge attitudes intentions results among aware vaccine 19 already vaccinated daughters 34 intended 24 undecided 24 decided vaccination awareness hpv high knowledge levels suboptimal mean 72 sem 08 black hispanic parents significantly less likely aware vaccine compared white parents multivariate analyses compared parents opposed vaccination already vaccinated daughters intended positive attitudes reported fewer barriers likely perceive family friends would endorse vaccination also reported higher levels trust pharmaceutical companies produce vaccine conclusions despite limited knowledge parents decided vaccinate daughters given evidence diminished access information among black hispanic parents programs focus reaching groups interventions address parental concerns behavioral consequences reduce structural barriers promote perception vaccination endorsed significant others moreover interventions may need address mistrust pharmaceutical companies impact statement study documents factors associated parental decisions hpv vaccination daughters provides direction intervention development cancer epidemiol biomarkers prev 199 218798 2010 aacr