Table 5.
Perceptions around cervical cancer and the HPV vaccination among the health workers, school health coordinators, village health workers, and community leaders surveyed for HPV vaccination program feasibility and acceptability surveys, Zimbabwe, January–February 2020.
| Health workers (N = 56) |
School health coordinators (N = 55) |
Village health workers (N = 55) |
Community leaders (N = 55) |
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| Perception of seriousness of cervical cancer | ||||||||
| Very serious | 55 | (98) | 51 | (93) | 43 | (78) | 44 | (80) |
| Somewhat serious | 1 | (2) | 3 | (5) | 8 | (15) | 5 | (9) |
| Not very serious | 0 | (0) | 1 | (2) | 3 | (5) | 6 | (11) |
| Don’t know | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (2) | 0 | (0) |
| Perception of cervical cancer as a problem | ||||||||
| Big problem | 29 | (52) | 23 | (42) | 18 | (33) | 16 | (29) |
| Minor problem | 21 | (38) | 17 | (31) | 31 | (56) | 27 | (49) |
| Not a problem | 4 | (7) | 10 | (18) | 6 | (11) | 11 | (20) |
| Don’t know | 2 | (4) | 5 | (9) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (2) |
| Perception that the HPV vaccine is important | ||||||||
| Strongly agree | 56 | (100) | 55 | (100) | 54 | (98) | 54 | (98) |
| Somewhat agree | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (2) | 1 | (2) |
| Somewhat disagree | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Strongly disagree | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Comfort level recommending the HPV vaccine | ||||||||
| Very comfortable | 56 | (100) | 54 | (98) | 51 | (93) | – | – |
| Somewhat comfortable | 0 | (0) | 1 | (2) | 4 | (7) | – | – |
| Not very comfortable | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | – | – |
| Perception of acceptance of the HPV vaccine in community | ||||||||
| Very accepted | – | – | – | – | 52 | (95) | 45 | (82) |
| Somewhat accepted | – | – | – | – | 3 | (5) | 8 | (15) |
| Not very accepted | – | – | – | – | 0 | (0) | 2 | (4) |