Maxwell S DeNies, Allen P Liu, Santiago Schnell
Seeing beyond the blot: A critical look at assumptions and raw data interpretation in Western blotting
Biomolecular concepts
despite high prevalence human papillomavirus hpv infections cervical cancer nigeria utilization hpv vaccine highly effective preventive measure remains low aim study find parental knowledge hpv infection cervical cancer influenced acceptance hpv vaccines 914yearold children crosssectional survey 509 parents comprising 262 fathers 247 mothers 8 randomly selected communities jos plateau state nigeria pretested semistructured investigatoradministered questionnaire without identifiers used collect information parental knowledge hpv cervical cancer hpv vaccine acceptance 914yearold children data analysed using spss version 230 bivariate analysis done using chisquare statistical test point estimates corresponding 95 confidence interval ci estimated value p 005 considered statistically significant five hundred nine parents interviewed mean age respondents 437 943 years participants 861 formal education primary tertiary level 160 1160 162 respondents knowledge hpv cervical cancer hpv vaccines respectively whereas 678 parents willing pay cancerpreventing hpv vaccines outofpocket statistically significant associations parental level education p 0056 parental knowledge cancer cervix p 0483 religion parents p 0324 acceptance hpv vaccination children statistically significant association parental willingness pay hpv vaccines offered free p 0001 acceptance vaccination vaccine acceptability associated positive attitude towards vaccine odds ratio 4178 95 ci 171410180 p 0002 whereas parental knowledge hpv cervical cancer hpv vaccine show significant association acceptability hpv vaccination children despite poor parental knowledge hpv infection cervical cancer high acceptability hpv vaccination children hpv vaccination acceptable parents regardless educational level religion parents jos communities seems much faith preventive vaccines advertised health authorities accordingly efforts geared towards ensuring availability affordability provision basic information regarding hpv vaccination northern nigeria