Download or read book A Descriptive Study of Factors Affecting the Acceptance on Human Papillomavirus HPV Vaccination Among University Students in Hong Kong written by Yee-chi Ada Leung and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Knowledge Attitudes and Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Female Students and Parents in Macao written by Choi-Wan Chan and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Knowledge, Attitudes and Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Female Students and Parents in Macao" by Choi-wan, Chan, 陳彩環, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV), a family of viruses with more than 40 genotypes is known to infect genital tract of males and females. High-risk HPV including genotypes 16, 18 can cause cervical cancer while low-risk HPV including genotypes 6, 11 can cause benign or low grade cervical lesions and genital warts. Considering HPV infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide, as well as in Macao, with prevalence up to 8.1%, and given that cervical cancer is the top ten most frequent female cancer which causes high burden in our health care system, it is important to have a comprehensive intervention for control HPV and cervical cancer. Since the HPV vaccine for preventing cervical cancer has been available in Macao, it is worth to know the willingness to be vaccinated among target population. Base on findings from previous studies, the parental attitudes and acceptance is the key factor of vaccination for young girls. Other potential factors, such as the HPV knowledge, vaccine safety and efficacy, cost, the age of daughter and the physician's attitudes, may also affect parental acceptance. Given that no previous study on this topic has been conducted, this study is aimed to understand the knowledge, attitudes and acceptability of HPV vaccination, and to explore and identify the affecting factors for acceptance among school girls and their parents. A school-based simple cluster random sampling method was used. Data was collected by anonymous self-administrated questionnaires among 574 school girls aged at 12-22 and 702 parents aged at 30-65. About 47% of the school girls had heard of HPV and 88.3% had heard of HPV vaccine, while 57.1% of parents had heard of HPV and 83.2% had heard of HPV vaccine. Although the HPV-related knowledge was poor among young girls and their parents, 92% of girls indicated a positive intention to be vaccinated for herself and 88% parents would willing to consent daughter to be vaccinated if the HPV vaccine became in routine immunization. However, the parental vaccination acceptability for daughters decreased to 40% and only 30% of mothers would willing to accept for themselves, if they had to pay a full course for three doses of HPV vaccine. About 97% of school girls and 95% of parents supported that HPV vaccine should be included in government immunization programme. We also found that young girls and parents are more favor in later HPV vaccination rather than vaccination at recommended age. Cost is the dominant affecting factor in determining parental acceptability of HPV vaccination. In addition, daughter's age, vaccine safety concern, Pap smear attendance and HPV knowledge are significantly associated with HPV vaccine acceptance. It may be worthwhile to further investigate the reasons for the delay vaccination among the young adolescent girls and among their parents, to examine if any underlying factors were unexpressed. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5022251 Subjects: Papillomavirus vaccines - China - Macau(Special Administrative Region)

Download or read book Factors Associated with Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine a Study of Spanish Information Seekers written by Julie Kornfeld and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy worldwide. Infection with HPV is a necessary cause of cervical. Hispanic women in the U.S. experience significantly higher rates of invasive disease than non-Hispanic Whites. In this population, HPV vaccines hold significant potential to eliminate further disparities in cervical cancer morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability among a national sample of Spanish speaking callers to the National Cancer Institute2s (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS). Specifically this research aimed to identify the sociodemographic, sociocultural and attitudinal determinants of HPV vaccine acceptability. This research involved a cross-sectional study with phone-based interviews conducted in Spanish (n = 836). All female Spanish callers to the CIS were asked to respond to a three-part questionnaire that included items relating to ethnic identity and acculturation, knowledge of cervical cancer and related risk factors, and HPV vaccine acceptability. Descriptive, univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to characterize the study population and to determine the effect of each of the demographic/sociocultural variables on vaccine acceptance. Independent predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability were determined using multivariate linear regression models. Results showed that HPV vaccine acceptance was high among this group of Hispanic women (78%) and that attitudes about vaccines in general and the HPV vaccine specifically were positive. Factors associated with vaccine acceptance included physician recommendation, awareness and accurate knowledge about HPV, and speaking only or mostly Spanish. Other important predictors included influence of peers, positive attitudes about vaccines in general, higher education and being a mother of a female adolescent. The primary reason cited by those who did not favor vaccination was concern over vaccine safety. This research was the first study looking at vaccine acceptability in a large, national sample of Hispanic women. HPV vaccination can lead to important public health benefits for Hispanic women. Targeted educational interventions must take into account the important sociocultural and attitudinal influences on the decision to vaccinate, such as those identified in the present study. Future educational efforts must involve the physician and take into the account the cultural context of attitudes and beliefs regarding vaccine safety and disease susceptibility. Further studies elucidating the interplay between culture specific beliefs and practices regarding vaccination and the decision to participate in HPV vaccination are needed.

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 A Systematic Review of Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Hpv Vaccination Among Chinese Women written by Ka-Lai Tam and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Systematic Review of Knowledge and Attitudes Towards HPV Vaccination Among Chinese Women" by Ka-lai, Tam, 譚嘉麗, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among female and one of the top causes of cancer death worldwide. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the primary factor of cervical cancer. HPV vaccine has potential to contribute greatly by curbing the development of cervical disease and to optimize public health outcomes. Chinese populations were disproportionally affected by cervical cancer and the cultural backgrounds of Chinese are distinctively different from other races. In near future, there is possibility that China may introduce the vaccine. Little is known about Chinese's perceptions on HPV vaccine and the situation in Chinese community may be different. To achieve an effective prevention of cervical cancer in China, a comprehensive understanding of Chinese women's knowledge, attitudes and practices on HPV vaccination is crucial before introduction of HPV vaccine to ensure high uptake and coverage among Chinese women. Objectives: To investigate the knowledge, attitudes and the associated factors on HPV vaccination among Chinese women. Methods: Published studies on knowledge and attitudes of HPV vaccination in preventing cervical cancer in Chinese population were identified by using the major databases: Global Health, Medline, Pubmed, CINAHL, PsycINFO and CKNI from 2005 to 2012. 15 articles were included after reviewing for eligibility. Results: The overall awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine among Chinese women was low. Chinese women generally showed knowledge deficit about HPV and HPV vaccine. Despite inadequate knowledge, level of acceptance of HPV vaccination among Chinese women was high. Several major reasons influencing the attitudes of HPV vaccination among Chinese were cost, concerns on efficacy and safety of HPV vaccine, social influences, perceived likelihood of being infected with HPV, and recommendations and endorsements from others. Different level of parental acceptance was resulted in different studies. They concerned the safety of HPV vaccine and worried that HPV vaccination may promote unsafe sex of daughters. Discussion: Policy makers should seriously consider implementation of HPV program for low-resource setting after balancing the cost and benefit of HPV vaccine program. Raising the awareness and knowledge level concerning HPV vaccine among Chinese population should be set as the urgent priority. To improve the public awareness and acceptance of HPV vaccination, education interventions should be targeted at both recipients and parents. Factors influencing the acceptability of HPV vaccination must be considered in constructing public health strategies for advocating HPV vaccination. Vaccination promotion campaign should be carefully framed for culturally sensitive setting. Healthcare professionals have important roles in recommending vaccination. Integration of policy and community perspectives and multi-level interventions are essential to maximize the public health benefits of HPV vaccination. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4842552 Subjects: Papillomavirus vaccines

Download or read book Effect of Health Beliefs and Acculturation on HPV Vaccine Acceptance Among Asian Indian Parents written by Daisy George Mullassery and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Asian Indians are considered the third largest Asian community in the United States numbering 3.2 million per records from the U.S. census bureau for the year 2010, but little is known about Asian Indian parents' acceptance of the HPV vaccine for their children. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Even though HPV vaccination is highly effective in preventing HPV infection, many studies have proposed that the vaccination rates in general are low. According to the teen vaccination coverage report by Center for Disease Control in 2014, only 37.6% of girls and 13.9% of boys between the age group of 13 - 17 years received all three doses of HPV vaccination. The key determinant of HPV vaccination rates is parental acceptance. The major factors affecting parental acceptance of HPV vaccination include health beliefs, educational level, religion, child's gender, subjective norms, (peer, family, and social pressure), and personal experience of the disease. While there are several studies in the U.S that have examined parental acceptance of HPV vaccination in general, to date there were no studies specifically focusing on Asian Indian parents living in the U.S, nor any that had assessed the effects of acculturation (cultural identity) on HPV acceptance in the commonly available databases. Therefore, because the factors affecting HPV vaccination acceptance of Asian Indian parents are unknown, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of health beliefs (perceived seriousness, perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, perceived benefits) and acculturation (cultural identity) and to explore the effects of educational level, religion, child's gender, subjective norms, and personal experience of the disease on Asian Indian parental acceptance of the HPV vaccine. Methods: A comparative descriptive cross-sectional design based on a theoretical framework of Health Belief Model was used for the study. The sample, Asian Indian parents, who have children between the ages of 9-16 years, were recruited from various places of worship and community organizations from the Houston Metropolitan area and all over the U.S. Participants were recruited directly, with the help of formal and informal leaders of these organizations and through email. Participants were provided with a web-link for the research survey to assess the effect of health beliefs, acculturation, and demographic factors on HPV vaccine acceptance. As established by previous research on non-Asian Indian parents, the acceptance of at least one dose of HPV vaccination was expected to be 45% and the acceptance of Hepatitis B vaccination to be 90%. Using the above estimates, a sample size of 160 participants was deemed sufficient to achieve 81% power to detect a difference between group proportions of 0.45 with a significance level (alpha) of 0.05 using a two-sided two dependent group McNemar test. The same sample size is sufficient for hierarchical logistic regression analysis to achieve 81% power, 0.05 alpha, and a 1.65 Odds Ratio. The expected survey response rate was about 50%, based on previous research conducted to examine variations in response rates to email surveys. Data Analysis: The obtained data was directly entered into SPSS and then cleaned, coded, and checked for shape of distribution and outliers, and then analyzed using descriptive statistics. The rates of HPV vaccination acceptance was compared to Hepatitis B vaccination acceptance using a two-sided two dependent group McNemar Chi square test. The effect of health beliefs and acculturation on vaccination acceptance was carried out using hierarchical logistic regression models. Educational level, religion, and child's gender were added as covariates in the first step; subjective norms, and personal experience of the disease were added as co-variates in the second step; and health beliefs and acculturation were added in the third step of the logistic regression model. Results: The findings suggested that Asian Indian parents were significantly more likely to accept Hepatitis B vaccination than HPV vaccination (OR = 27.7, P =

Download or read book College Students Attitudes Toward Human Papillomavirus Vaccination written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the world. Although HPV vaccine is an adolescent vaccine, a ‘catch-up’ vaccine is also recommended for 13 to 26 years-old females who have not been vaccinated previously and 13 to 21 years-old males who have not been vaccinated previously. The majority of Americans, however, reach adulthood without receiving the recommended HPV vaccine doses. Increasing the HPV vaccination series uptake requires theory-driven empirical understanding of factors influencing HPV-related decisions among this population. Based on the Social Cognitive Theory, the current study assessed the interaction between personal and environmental determinants of vaccine uptake and its effect on the behavioral intention to obtain the HPV vaccine. The San Diego State University Psychology Department participant pool was utilized to collect the data from 209 participants between the ages of 18 to 26 years who have not yet obtained any dose of HPV vaccine. Data were collected anonymously and analyzed using a series of seven correlation analyses, two hierarchical linear regression analyses, and three mediation analyses. The findings demonstrated that: (1) female gender and social influence (parents’ and peer endorsement of HPV vaccine) significantly predicted behavioral intentions to obtain the HPV vaccine, p

Download or read book SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF HPV VACCI written by Tian Guan and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "The Systematic Review of HPV Vaccine Acceptability Among Males" by Tian, Guan, 管天, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Introduction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) disease nowadays in the world and it actually infects in both sexes. HPV prevalence in men was reported to be over 20% in most studies, and the number is much higher among men having sex with men (MSM) either HIV positive or negative. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Gardasil-one of the HPV vaccines brand-in the USA in 2009 for use on males' aged 9-26 years and it is proved to be effective in preventing genital warts and anal cancer. However, little study has been conducted to demonstrate a better situation of the acceptability on HPV vaccination among males. Objectives: To explore the acceptability of HPV vaccine among males by combining acceptability and attitude analyses targeted adult males and adolescent boys' parents. Methodology: A systematic review was conducted to search for literatures that demonstrate acceptability analyses of HPV vaccination that contains males, by searching in MEDLINE, Google Scholar and CNKI using relevant keywords. English and Chinese articles published from 2009 to 2015 that talking about men ages over 9 years old were selected. Results: Twelve qualified articles, 7 were conducted in the United States, 1 in Hong Kong, 2 in mainland China, 1 in Korea and 1 in Canada were selected in this systematic review. The acceptability of HPV vaccination was not the same among these articles; the different acceptance level might be due to region, age, price and sexual preference. Three of the twelve articles were targeted local population; and compared to other countries, vaccine acceptability is generally lower in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Four of the twelve articles targeted parents' attitude on HPV vaccination of their adolescent sons; parents would be more willing to get their son's vaccinated if the vaccine were cheaper. The other eight articles targeted adult males showed that MSM group has a lower acceptance than the general society. Discussion: The two factors mentioned most among the 12 studies were sexually and financially related. The group of men having sex with men has a relatively high prevalence of HPV infection in anus leading to anal cancer. Due to MSM group's high prevalence of HPV infection, sexual preference might be a major factor for vaccine acceptability. However, research shows a rare acceptability among them. Price has a significant impact in HPV vaccination acceptance in all articles despite of region, ethnic, age or sexual preference since the vaccine is expensive. Several cost-effective analyses indicate that HPV vaccine for males might not be cost-effective, but more investigations are needed. Subjects: Papillomavirus vaccines

Download or read book Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Assess Factors that Influence the Intent to Use Human Papillomavirus HPV Vaccine Among Young Adult College Students written by Chinelo Constance Orji and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this study was i.) to determine the salient beliefs college students have regarding HPV vaccination and ii.) to determine college students’ intentions to be fully vaccinated against HPV within 12 months and factors that influence their intention. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) served as the theoretical framework to guide the study. The study assessed the significance of each of the TPB constructs – attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control – as well as additional constructs – knowledge and religiosity – in predicting behavioral intention. The relationships between demographic/personal factors and the study constructs were also assessed. A mixed-methods study design including qualitative and quantitative components, was applied. The study sample was comprised of a convenience sample of college students aged between 18 to 45 years attending a large public university in central Texas. For the qualitative portion, three focus group sessions were carried out to elicit the beliefs regarding HPV vaccination. Two investigators conducted a content analysis of the qualitative data and reached consensus on coding discrepancies. Twenty-four students participated in the focus groups, and a total of 45 beliefs were identified. Of these, 18 were salient, including 6 behavioral beliefs, 6 normative beliefs, and 6 control beliefs. For the quantitative portion, a web-based survey was developed using the TPB and information identified from the focus groups. The survey was administered via Qualtrics. Data analyses comprised descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods. Covariate adjusted linear regression models were used to assess association between intention and study constructs. Of 438 students who participated in the survey, there were 213 usable surveys. The initial model with attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control as predictors accounted for about 40 percent of the variance in intention (R2= 0.4046, p

Download or read book Knowledge and Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Hpv Vaccination Among Chinese Mothers and Adolescents Girls in Hong Kong written by Sui-Ling Cherry Yip and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Knowledge and Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Among Chinese Mothers and Adolescents Girls in Hong Kong" by Sui-ling, Cherry, Yip, 葉萃苓, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4694400 Subjects: Papillomavirus vaccines - China - Hong Kong

Download or read book Knowledge Beliefs and Attitudes about the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Female College Students written by Sara J. Henneberger and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine a variety of determinants that contribute to HPV vaccination decisions, with a particular focus on the influence of the mass media. A hierarchical linear regression showed that three main factors accounted for 42.7% of the variance in individual intention to be vaccinated against HPV. They were: 1) belief that the vaccine is safe and that information about the vaccine provided by advertisements and the news media is trustworthy; 2) perceived family support regarding vaccination; and 3) use of interpersonal sources of information about the vaccine. Stronger beliefs in vaccine safety and information trustworthiness were also correlated with a positive overall impression of the HPV vaccine. The results suggest that college women may be significantly influenced by HPV information provided by advertisements, the news media, and interpersonal sources--despite the fact that respondents reported relatively low use of these sources. The survey also revealed that the women were highly informed about the HPV vaccine. Their knowledge, combined with the information they gained from the news media and interpersonal sources, may have helped develop and/or reinforce their beliefs regarding HPV vaccine safety, which contributed directly to the decision to be vaccinated. This study filled a gap in knowledge about how college women have responded to the availability of an HPV vaccine and what factors most impact their vaccination decisions. These findings can help guide health educators and public health professionals as they work to promote HPV vaccination and eradicate cervical cancer.

Download or read book Contributing Factors for Human Papillomavirus HPV Vaccine Acceptance Among African American Young Adults written by Jennifer Anne Sledge and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States. Populations most affected by STDs are young adults, particularly those living in a high risk environment such as a college or university. African American's are disproportionately at risk for STD's. One of the most prevalent STD's on college campuses today is the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Genital HPV is a sexually transmitted disease which is primarily known for causing genital warts and cervical cancer. In 2007, the first vaccine to prevent HPV was approved. The purpose of this study was to investigate the contributing factors for HPV vaccine acceptance among African American young adults. The Health Belief Model (HBM) served as the theoretical framework to guide this study. Findings revealed that among African American young adults, perceived susceptibility to HPV, perceived benefits of HPV and perceived barriers to HPV vaccination were found to be significant factors for HPV vaccination intention. Findings further reveal a significant difference in knowledge of HPV between men and women, with women showing higher knowledge scores. Additionally, African American young adults with higher traditional masculinity ideology were less likely to accept the HPV vaccine. Findings add to the current state of the science regarding HPV knowledge and contributing factors for HPV vaccine acceptance among African American young adults.

Download or read book A Systematic Review on the Effects of Message Framing on Hpv Vaccine Acceptability written by Jiayun Guo and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Systematic Review on the Effects of Message Framing on HPV Vaccine Acceptability" by Jiayun, Guo, 郭嘉韵, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Introductions: Cervical cancer has been the second most frequent cancer among females worldwide. Over 85% of women's deaths from the disease are living in developing countries in 2008. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination may provide a feasible strategy for cervical cancer prevention so as to reduce the disease burden. However the uptake of HPV vaccination is low. To promote HPV vaccination, the design of message frame, may be important. However, little research has been conducted to provide a clear interpretation of the effectiveness of health message frame on uptake of HPV vaccination. Objectives: To evaluate the effects of gain- and loss-framing message on HPV vaccination acceptability and explore the factors that might influence the acceptability of HPV vaccination. Methods: Literature search on the studies investigating gain- and loss-framed message on HPV vaccination. PubMed and Google Scholar during 2006 to 2013. Results: Ten articles, seven from U.S.A, two from Canada, and one from Ireland, were included in the systematic review. The effectiveness between message framing and the context of HPV vaccination were different by studies; the different effect of message framing may be due to in the studies population. Age, sex, culture and individuals' risk perceiving level might have influence on the effect of gain- and loss-message framing. Four of five articles, which targeted at young population, showed that loss-farmed message is more effective to increase individual's positive attitude and response to HPV vaccination. Participants with a greater number of sexual partner with higher avoidance-oriented attitudes, or are less likely to use protection; loss-framed message is more effective. In turn, when young people, particularly female with a lower number of sexual partner, with approach-oriented attitudes, or are more likely to use protection, both gain-and loss-framed message have no effect on their intention to vaccinate. However, another five articles in this review targeted at parents with young children found inconsistent results of framing effects on HPV vaccine acceptability. Discussion: The effect of gain- or loss-framed tends to be different, depending on types of health behavior promoted. Loss- and gain-framed messages might have different effect to different audience. Framing message selection is matching on individuals' motivational orientation may help in prompting HPV vaccine acceptability. However, there is a lack of studies on the association between message framing effects and HPV vaccine acceptability, especially for Chinese population. Further investigations of message framing effects on acceptance of HPV vaccination in Chines population are necessary. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5098539 Subjects: Papillomavirus vaccines

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 Modeling the Potential Impact of Hpv Vaccination on Hong Kong s Cervical Cancer Burden written by Cheuk-Wai Choi and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Modeling the Potential Impact of HPV Vaccination on Hong Kong's Cervical Cancer Burden" by Cheuk-wai, Choi, 蔡卓偉, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Background. Cervical cancer is a common female cancer in Hong Kong. Cervical screening has been used in detecting cervical lesions for several decades. Given that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the etiological cause of cervical cancer, highly efficacious HPV vaccines are recently developed for preventing against HPV infection. Hong Kong has a well-developed healthcare system but relatively high cervical cancer incidence compared to other developed countries partly due to its suboptimal cervical screening program. This highlights the significance to evaluate the potential of implementing organized HPV vaccination programs for further reducing cervical cancer burden on top of cervical screening in Hong Kong. Methods. Cross-sectional, population-based surveys were conducted to assess the acceptability of female adolescent HPV vaccination among girls from secondary schools in 2008 and among mothers of adolescent daughters in 2008 and 2012. Mathematical model with transmission dynamic and stochastic individual-based components was constructed to model the natural history of HPV infection and cervical cancer and thus to project the public health and economic impacts of organized female adolescent HPV vaccination programs in a societal perspective. The model used Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm to estimate natural history parameters of HPV infection and probabilistic sensitivity analysis to consider the uncertainty of costs and health utilities in the economic evaluation of organized HPV vaccination. Results. Reported vaccine uptake among11-18 year-old girls increased from 2.4% among schoolgirls in 2008 to 9.1% among daughters of interviewed mothers in 2012. Among interviewed mothers, 27.5% and 37.6% of them were willing to have their daughters vaccinated at market price in 2008 and 2012, respectively. The mathematical model projected that HPV prevalence decreased soon after mass HPV vaccination and vaccine-induced cervical cancer reduction became obvious after vaccination programs have been launched for 30 years. If HPV vaccinesprovided30-year protection, the median incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of routine HPV vaccination programs for 12 year-old girls at 25-75% vaccination coverage was US$26,367-32,527 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). The median ICER was above US$48,000/QALY if adding 2-year catch-up program for13-18 year-old girls and above US$58,000/QALY if vaccines protect against HPV infection for only 15 years. Conclusions. This study presented the first evaluation of organized HPV vaccination programs in Hong Kong. If vaccine protection lasted for 30 years or longer, organized routine HPV vaccination for 12 year-old girls would potentially be a cost-effective add-on in substantially reducing cervical cancers and HPV-related diseases on top of cervical screening in Hong Kong at an ICER threshold of US$33,218/QALY. However, the current estimated vaccine uptake was unexpectedly low and vaccine acceptability was only moderate. The findings indicated the importance to devise efficient strategies in achieving high and universal coverage for maximizing the population-level benefits of HPV vaccination. Policymakers should consider integrating the organized HPV vaccination programs with existing infrastructures to promote higher acceptability, to translate willingness to vaccinate to actual uptake, to assess population effe

Download or read book Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer written by International Agency for Research on Cancer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the evidence for a causal link between sexually transmitted infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) and the occurrence of cervical cancer, from a variety of different angles. Epidemiological studies and clinical, pathological, and cytological aspects of HPV infection are reviewed. Modern methods for analyzing HPV-DNA types by molecular biological techniques are described, and the statistical problems to be overcome in epidemiological work are explained. The volume was prepared by a broad team of experts from around the world, who met in Copenhagen in March 1988 to reach a consensus on the present state of understanding and to establish directions for future work.

Download or read book Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Human Papillomavirus and HPV Vaccine Among College Students written by Kristen L. O'Flarity and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: Both young men and women should obtain the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in order to reach its intended public health benefits. Because men are behind in this vaccination campaign, this study compared knowledge and attitudes regarding HPV and the vaccine among college-aged men and women in order to improve vaccination strategies among this at-risk population. Methods: A convenience sample of 95 university students, 40 men and 55 women, ages 18 to 26 (mean age of 20.2) completed self-administered pencil-and-paper questionnaires with approximately 40 questions that assessed the desired variables. Knowledge was measured through multiple choice and true/false questions. Attitudes were measured by Likert scale responses following theoretical framework. Data were analyzed and summarized through descriptive statistics using SPSS software. Results: Awareness of the HPV vaccine's availability for men was significantly low for both genders, particularly for men. Health practitioners' and parents' approval both play a pivotal role in considering the vaccine. For men, peers' approval was also important in this decision-making process. Overall, females showed higher rates of awareness in HPV and the vaccine and indicated more positive social norms associated with obtaining the vaccine. Conclusions: According to the results of this study, the HPV vaccine is still prevalently associated with female health and therefore detracting from the male consumer. In order to increase uptake of the HPV vaccine in both genders, a gender neutral vaccine campaign that does not focus on one specific health issue is suggested.--P. vii.