Download or read book The HPV Vaccine Decision Making Process written by Kelly Rhea MacArthur and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The HPV vaccine has been controversial because it protects against a sexually transmitted infection, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Although the HPV vaccine has the potential to reduce rates of HPV-related diseases, most notably cervical cancer, HPV vaccination rates are low and there are gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic disparities in HPV vaccination. This study addresses the factors that influence individuals' decision to get the HPV vaccine (uptake) and two types of attitudes toward the vaccine: willingness to receive the HPV vaccine (acceptance) and the likelihood of getting the vaccine in the upcoming year (intentions). I use the Health Belief Model (HBM) to identify how individuals' perceptions of HPV risk affect their decision whether to get the HPV vaccine. I also utilize fundamental cause theory to highlight the ways in which social inequalities affect the HPV vaccine decision-making process. I argue that one important mechanism through which social inequalities affect HPV vaccine uptake and attitudes is through individuals' perceptions of the trustworthiness of the people and institutions who make risk claims about HPV and the HPV vaccine. Using survey data from a sample of 836 college students at a Midwestern university, I use structural equation modeling to examine the relationships between 1) inequalities based on gender, race/ethnicity, and SES; 2) interpersonal trust in one's doctor; 3) institutional trust in the health care system, pharmaceutical advertising, the federal government, government health agencies, and the news media; 3) three types of risk perceptions; and 4) HPV vaccine uptake/attitudes. I find there are multiple pathways through which inequalities and interpersonal/institutional trust affect HPV vaccine uptake/attitudes, with trust in the news media having a central role in college students' risk perceptions. I also find that the HPV vaccine decision-making process operates differently for women and men. I discuss these findings in the context of the theoretical contributions to the HBM, fundamental cause theory, and the sociology of trust. To address low and unequal HPV vaccination, future research should continue to explore the important influence of inequalities, perceived risk, and interpersonal/institutional trust in the HPV vaccine decision-making process.

Download or read book Parents Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Decision making written by Samara Perez and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The human papillomavirus (HPV) infects approximately 550,000 Canadians annually. Cancers of the cervix, mouth, genitals, anus, head and neck are caused by various strains of the HPV. The HPV also causes genital warts. The disease and economic burden of HPV infections is high. Three HPV vaccines are available: Cervarix®, Gardasil®, and Gardasil ® 9. Consistent with global practices in developed countries, these vaccines are currently publicly funded for girls and provided in school-based programs in all provinces and territories in Canada. As of September 2016, six provinces provide publicly funded school-based programs for boys. Despite well-documented vaccine efficacy and effectiveness with minimal adverse effects, uptake of the HPV vaccines remains suboptimal in most countries, including Canada. Although HPV immunization rates have increased over the last decade, they remain significantly below the rates of other vaccine-preventable diseases. One of the main challenges for boys' uptake has been to help parents understand that the HPV vaccine is now available, recommended and effective for boys in reducing health risks for themselves and transmission to their partners. With low HPV uptake rates in Canada, success of increased vaccination rates is contingent on parents' awareness, understanding and ultimately their decision-making process. Of the HPV vaccination research that has targeted parents of boys, most studies examined demographic and descriptive factors associated with vaccination intentions. While this research is informative, it treats decision-making as binary, when there are likely multiple stages of vaccination decision-making. Conceptualizing vaccine decision-making as distinct stages would allow us to examine those individuals who are vaccine hesitant, as well as parents who are not yet aware or engaged in HPV vaccine decision-making. Moreover, much of the existing research on the correlates and factors associated with vaccination intentions are unreliable, which is likely due to differences in the conceptualization of the factors and inconsistent and unstable measures. This in turn provides limited insight about leverage points of how to move individuals along the HPV vaccine decision-making trajectory and ultimately increase HPV vaccine uptake.This dissertation addresses some of these research gaps by using theory-based research, as well as the development of two psychometrically validated scales, an extended HPV and HPV vaccine knowledge scale and the HPV Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (HABS) to identify the factors that are associated with HPV vaccination decision-making among a nationally representative sample of Canadian parents of 9-16-year-old boys using a longitudinal design. The unique contributions of the four manuscripts in this thesis are that by conceptualizing HPV vaccine decision-making as a series of distinct stages, by using theory, psychometrically-tested and validated measures, as well as multinomial logistic regression models, we can have a greater understanding about what influences parents' HPV vaccine decision-making for their sons. This more nuanced understanding will help to better target our efforts to increase HPV vaccine uptake for boys. Future research directions and recommendations for better informed and targeted interventions are made." --

Download or read book Making Gender written by Michelle Wyndham-West and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Gender endeavours to understand how the HPV vaccine became gendered within the Canadian policy landscape – when the virus is gender blind and is linked to cancer in all genders – and how women’s experiences with this "gendered risk" have been folded into their vaccine decision-making. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, Michelle Wyndham-West explores the creation and circulation of gendered risk as it was deployed in pharmaceutical and policy discourses surrounding the roll-out of the HPV vaccine. The book contextualizes the background for how gendered risk was mediated by two groups of women: mothers negotiating the vaccine for their daughters in school-based immunization programs and university students who experienced frequent HPV infections. The book explores these women’s efforts to be good mothers and strong young women entering adulthood who felt vulnerable in sexual health negotiation. As a result, Making Gender reveals how vaccine decision-making took an ontological form, as an inherently social and cultural process embedded in women’s experiences.

Download or read book Identity based Motivation in HPV Vaccine Decision making written by Phokeng M. Dailey and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results showed moderate HPV vaccine uptake and vaccine series completion rates among African American and Somalis. Completion rates were higher among African Americans compared to Somalis. African Americans and Somalis had strong ethnic-ID, and Somalis had significantly stronger ethnic-ID than African Americans. Ethnic-ID incongruence decreased the likelihood of HPV vaccination. However, incongruence did not mediate the relationship between ethnic-ID strength and behavior. The effect of incongruence on ethnic-ID strength was not moderated by HCP trust, response efficacy or HCP communication. Ethnic-ID congruence increased the likelihood of HPV vaccination. The effect of congruence was moderated by response efficacy. Theoretical and applied implications of the results are discussed.

Download or read book Canadian Immunization Guide written by Canada. Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh edition of the Canadian Immunization Guide was developed by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), with the support ofthe Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, to provide updated information and recommendations on the use of vaccines in Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada conducted a survey in 2004, which confi rmed that the Canadian Immunization Guide is a very useful and reliable resource of information on immunization.

Download or read book Affective Determinants of Health Behavior written by David Michael Williams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last 20-30 years, research on affective determinants of health behavior has proliferated. Affective Determinants of Health Behavior brings together this burgeoning area of research into a single volume and features contributions from leading experts in their respective areas. Editors David M. Williams, Ryan E. Rhodes, and Mark T. Conner and their contributing authors focus on a fascinating range of affective concepts, including (but not limited to) hedonic response, incidental affect, perceived satisfaction, anticipated affect, affective attitudes, and affective associations. In the first part of the book, the role of affective concepts in multiple theories of health behavior is highlighted and expanded, including theories of action control, dual-processing, temporal self-regulation, self-determination, and planned behavior, along with a new theory of hedonic motivation. The second part of the book focuses on the role of affective concepts in specific health behavior domains, including physical activity, eating, smoking, substance use, sex, tanning, blood donation, the performance of health professionals, cancer screenings, and cancer control. Affective Determinants of Health Behavior offers readers an important window into existing research and serves as a showcase for important insights on possible new directions and implications for intervention.

Download or read book Guide to Introducing HPV Vaccine Into National Immunization Programmes written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This document is intended for use by national immunization programme managers and immunization partners to inform the policy discussions and operational aspects for the introduction of HPV vaccine into national immunization programmes and to provide upto-date references on the global policy, as well as the technical and strategic issues related to the introduction of HPV vaccine."--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Doing a Literature Review in Nursing Health and Social Care written by Michael Coughlan and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-11-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do I start my literature review? What sources can I go to for information? How do I analyse the work of others? This clear, practical book guides readers undertaking their own literature review through the process, giving them the skills and knowledge they need for success. The chapters address: - Different types of literature reviews - Critically analysing material - Presenting the final piece of work - Best practice in referencing and plagiarism - Systematic approaches to literature reviews It will be an essential guide for all nursing and all allied healthcare students, as well as professionals working in practice.

Download or read book Cancer Prevention and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine written by Andrea Krawczyk and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the present thesis was to examine psychosocial and behavioural factors associated with the decision-making process involved in uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. In Canada, the HPV vaccine has been approved for women and men aged 9 to 26. Using the health belief model as a primary theoretical framework, the present dissertation examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of young adults making a vaccination decision for themselves and of parents making a vaccination decision for their daughters.Study 1 consisted of a cross-sectional survey exploring correlates of HPV vaccination among female university students who did not intend to receive, intended to receive, or had received the vaccine. The study results showed that social influences were important and unique factors related to young women's vaccination uptake. Study 2 examined male university students' knowledge and future vaccination intentions. The study differentiated between...

Download or read book Self Efficacy Beliefs of Adolescents written by Tim Urdan and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction of the psychological construct of self-efficacy is widely acknowledged as one of the most important developments in the history of psychology. Today, it is simply not possible to explain phenomena such as human motivation, learning, self-regulation, and accomplishment without discussing the role played by self-efficacy beliefs. In this, the fifth volume of our series on adolescence and education, we focus on the self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents. We are proud and fortunate to be able to bring together the most prominent voices in the study of self-efficacy, including that of the Father of Social Cognitive Theory and of self-efficacy, Professor Albert Bandura. It is our hope, and our expectation, that this volume will become required reading for all students and scholars in the areas of adolescence and of motivation and, of course, for all who play a pivotal role in the education and care of youth.

Download or read book The Influence of Relationship Status on Hpv Vaccine Decision Making Among Young Adult Women written by Erika L. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative thematic analysis was conducted to determine if there were differences in informational needs, motivations, behavioral skills, and HPV vaccine decision-making between the groups. Results: Using NHIS 2010 data, women who were living with a partner (PR 1.44 95%CI 1.07-1.87) and never married (PR 1.41 95%CI 1.12-1.73) were less likely to be interested in HPV vaccination compared women who were married. Moreover, primary reasons for non-vaccination differed significantly by relationship status group (p

Download or read book Information Amount and Patient Empowerment written by Dana J. Eisenberg and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Health information is more often than not viewed as an efficient tool in enabling patients to become more active participants in health decision-making processes. This study investigates the effects of information amount on perceptions of patient empowerment (subjective empowerment self-efficacy) and behavioral intention. The proposed relationships are applied within the context of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination decision-making process to assess the effects of information amount on college students' (N = 101) intentions regarding vaccination. Results demonstrated that females have greater intention to discuss HPV vaccination with a physician than males. Participants in general preferred to discuss HPV vaccination with a physician prior to deciding whether to be vaccinated. Implications for understanding the effects of information amount and patient participation are discussed.

Download or read book Three Shots at Prevention written by Keith Wailoo and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, Texas governor Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring that all females entering sixth grade be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), igniting national debate that echoed arguments heard across the globe over public policy, sexual health, and the politics of vaccination. Three Shots at Prevention explores the contentious disputes surrounding the controversial vaccine intended to protect against HPV, the most common sexually transmitted infection. When the HPV vaccine first came to the market in 2006, religious conservatives decried the government's approval of the vaccine as implicitly sanctioning teen sex and encouraging promiscuity while advocates applauded its potential to prevent 4,000 cervical cancer deaths in the United States each year. Families worried that laws requiring vaccination reached too far into their private lives. Public health officials wrestled with concerns over whether the drug was too new to be required and whether opposition to it could endanger support for other, widely accepted vaccinations. Many people questioned the aggressive marketing campaigns of the vaccine's creator, Merck & Co. And, since HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus, why was the vaccine recommended only for females? What did this reveal about gender and sexual politics in the United States? With hundreds of thousands of HPV-related cancer deaths worldwide, how did similar national debates in Europe and the developing world shape the global possibilities of cancer prevention? This volume provides insight into the deep moral, ethical, and scientific questions that must be addressed when sexual and social politics confront public health initiatives in the United States and around the world.

Download or read book Communication Somali Culture and Decision making about the HPV Vaccine written by Phokeng Motsoasele Dailey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is now a well-established and accepted cause of cervical cancer. In the United States, cervical cancer mortality rates among foreign-born women have increased despite an overall decline across the entire US population. The current study explores how families, who are members of a local Somali immigrant population, articulate health and consequently make the decision to vaccinate or not vaccinate their children against HPV. Parents were asked about their conceptualizations of health, and descriptions of the content of HPV vaccine discussions. Vaccine conversation descriptions were elicited to compare barriers and facilitators regarding HPV vaccine uptake amongst members of a Somali immigrant population, and to compare the social influence strategies used by parents to promote the HPV vaccine. 16 semi-structured interviews were audio taped, transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. A multiple goals theory perspective was used to examine the communication goals of parents when discussing the vaccine with their child and health care providers, and to identify which informational components and communication skills are important to HPV vaccine decision-making. Key themes were the implications of the vaccine for early sexual activity, confusion between HPV and HIV due to the similarities of the acronyms, the perception that the HPV vaccine is unnecessary, uncertainty about the vaccine's efficacy and side effects, avoidance of parent-child communication about the vaccine, and framing the vaccine as a health promotion behavior. The implications of these findings for increased vaccine uptake in this population are discussed.

Download or read book The Crisis of Expertise written by Gil Eyal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word “experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically accompanied by a recitation of experts’ many failures and misdeeds. In topics as varied as Brexit, climate change, and vaccinations there is a palpable mistrust of experts and a tendency to dismiss their advice. Are we witnessing, therefore, the “death of expertise,” or is the handwringing about an “assault on science” merely the hysterical reaction of threatened elites? In this new book, Gil Eyal argues that what needs to be explained is not a one-sided “mistrust of experts” but the two-headed pushmi-pullyu of unprecedented reliance on science and expertise, on the one hand, coupled with increased skepticism and dismissal of scientific findings and expert opinion, on the other. The current mistrust of experts is best understood as one more spiral in an on-going, recursive crisis of legitimacy. The “scientization of politics,” of which critics warned in the 1960s, has brought about a politicization of science, and the two processes reinforce one another in an unstable, crisis-prone mixture. This timely book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the social sciences and to anyone concerned about the political uses of, and attacks on, scientific knowledge and expertise.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication written by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On topics from genetic engineering and mad cow disease to vaccination and climate change, this Handbook draws on the insights of 57 leading science of science communication scholars who explore what social scientists know about how citizens come to understand and act on what is known by science.

Download or read book HPV Vaccine Decision Making Among Male Sexual Minorities written by Christopher Wheldon and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues surrounding disclosure of sexual minority status influenced control factors including self-efficacy. Addressing the specific beliefs and concerns expressed by MSM can help to improve the effectiveness of health education interventions promoting vaccination. Empirical findings support the proposed behavioral model of vaccine decision-making.