In preparation for the
introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, we investigated awareness
and knowledge of HPV/HPV vaccine and potential acceptability to HPV vaccine
among mothers with a teenage daughter in Weihai, Shandong, China.
A
cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2013 with a sample of 1850 mothers who
had a daughter (aged 9-17 years) attending primary, junior and senior high
schools. In the final sample (N = 1578, response rate 85.30%), awareness of HPV
was reported by 305 (19.32%) mothers. Awareness varied significantly by
daughter's age (P<0.01), mother's education level (P<0.01), mother's
occupation (P<0.01), household income (P<0.01) and residence type
(P<0.01).
Knowledge about HPV/HPV vaccine was poor with a mean total score
of 3.56 (SD = 2.40) out of a possible score of 13. Mothers with a higher education
level reported higher levels of knowledge (P = 0.02). Slightly more than
one-fourth (26.49%) of mothers expressed their potential acceptability of HPV
vaccine for their daughters.
Acceptability increased along with increased
daughters' age (P<0.01), household income (P<0.01) and knowledge level
(P<0.01). House wives and unemployed mothers had the highest acceptability
(P<0.01). The most common reasons for not accepting HPV vaccination were
"My daughter is too young to have risk of
cervical cancer (30.95%)", "The vaccine has not been widely used, and
the decision will be made after it is widely used (24.91%)", "Worry
about the safety of the vaccine (22.85%)".
Awareness and knowledge of
HPV/HPV vaccines are poor and HPV vaccine acceptability is low among these
Chinese mothers.
These results may help inform appropriate health education
programs in this population.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/S9wBIx
- 1Weihai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weihai, Shandong, PR China.
- 2Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, PR China.
- 3Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- 4Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
- 5Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
- PLoS One. 2016 Jan 14;11(1):e0146741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146741. eCollection 2016.
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