Jessica Fishman|Lynne Taylor|Patricia Kooker|Ian Frank
Parent and Adolescent Knowledge of HPV and Subsequent Vaccination
University of Pennsylvania|Cancer Research And Biostatistics|Cancer Research And Biostatistics
human papillomavirus hpv vaccination shown important health benefits vaccination rates low parental adolescent knowledge could possibly promote vaccination relationship knowledge subsequent vaccination unclear study examines strongly hpv vaccination among highrisk adolescents related parents previous knowledgea longitudinal cohort study enrolled participants lowincome predominantly african american neighborhoods baseline questionnaires measuring knowledge hpv hpv vaccination well variables completed 211 adolescents 149 parents another adolescent sample adolescent vaccination tracked prospectively 12 months baseline using clinic reporting data analyses tested parent adolescent knowledge associated predictive adolescent hpv vaccinationon average parents adolescents answered slightly less 50 knowledge items correctly baseline 5 parents 10 adolescents answering knowledge items correctly within 12 months 20 149 134 parents daughters received hpv vaccination 32 211 152 adolescent sample neither parental adolescent knowledge associated predictive adolescent vaccination example testing relationship adolescent vaccination parental knowledge scores r2 values 0005 results independent available potential confoundersthose higher levels knowledge likely obtain vaccination daughters ideally future interventions target factors related vaccination