Table 3.
Caregiver HPV vaccine attitudes, information sources, and adolescent HPV vaccine initiation.
| Overall (N = 926) |
No HPV Initiation (N = 534) |
HPV series initiated (N = 392) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | p-valuea | |
| HPV VACCINE ATTITUDES | |||||||
| HPV vaccine | |||||||
| … is effective | <.0001 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 161 | 17.42 | 129 | 24.20 | 32 | 8.18 | |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 763 | 82.58 | 404 | 75.80 | 359 | 91.82 | |
| … is beneficial for my child(ren) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 182 | 19.70 | 157 | 29.46 | 25 | 6.39 | |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 742 | 80.30 | 376 | 70.54 | 366 | 93.61 | |
| … follow HCP’s recommendations | <.0001 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 166 | 17.97 | 131 | 24.58 | 35 | 8.95 | |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 758 | 82.03 | 402 | 75.42 | 356 | 93.61 | |
| … has not been around long enough to be sure it’s safe | <.0001 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 519 | 56.17 | 250 | 46.90 | 269 | 68.80 | |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 405 | 43.83 | 283 | 53.10 | 122 | 31.20 | |
| … I am concerned about the side effects | <.0001 | ||||||
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 429 | 46.48 | 189 | 35.46 | 240 | 61.54 | |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 494 | 53.52 | 344 | 64.54 | 150 | 38.46 | |
| Do you think the HPV vaccine can prevent some cancers? | <.0001 | ||||||
| Yes | 557 | 60.15 | 256 | 47.94 | 301 | 76.79 | |
| No | 77 | 8.32 | 58 | 10.86 | 19 | 4.85 | |
| I don’t know/I’m not sure | 292 | 31.53 | 220 | 41.2 | 72 | 18.37 | |
| HPV VACCINE INFORMATION | |||||||
| Sources of HPV vaccine information | |||||||
| Doctor or health care provider | 809 | 87.37 | 443 | 82.96 | 366 | 93.37 | <.0001 |
| Family or friends | 151 | 16.31 | 109 | 20.41 | 42 | 10.71 | <.0001 |
| Social media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) | 98 | 10.58 | 63 | 11.8 | 35 | 8.93 | .1608 |
| Other internet sources | 287 | 30.99 | 186 | 34.83 | 101 | 25.77 | .0032 |
| Books, newspapers, or magazines | 112 | 12.1 | 68 | 12.73 | 44 | 11.22 | .4864 |
| Television or radio | 137 | 14.79 | 92 | 17.23 | 45 | 11.48 | .0149 |
| Government agencies | 75 | 8.1 | 38 | 7.12 | 37 | 9.44 | .2005 |
| Religious organizations or leaders | 16 | 1.73 | 10 | 1.87 | 6 | 1.53 | .6931 |
| Trust in HPV vaccine information sources | |||||||
| Doctor or health care provider | <.0001 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 856 | 92.44 | 474 | 88.76 | 382 | 97.45 | |
| A little or none at all | 70 | 7.56 | 60 | 11.24 | 10 | 2.55 | |
| Family or friends | .0050 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 634 | 68.47 | 346 | 64.79 | 288 | 73.47 | |
| A little or none at all | 292 | 31.53 | 188 | 35.21 | 104 | 26.53 | |
| Social media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) | .0048 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 271 | 29.27 | 137 | 25.66 | 134 | 34.18 | |
| A little or none at all | 655 | 70.73 | 397 | 74.34 | 258 | 65.82 | |
| Other internet sources | .0349 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 487 | 52.59 | 265 | 49.63 | 222 | 56.63 | |
| A little or none at all | 439 | 47.41 | 269 | 50.37 | 170 | 43.37 | |
| Books, newspapers, or magazines | .0394 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 586 | 63.28 | 323 | 60.49 | 263 | 67.09 | |
| A little or none at all | 340 | 36.72 | 211 | 39.51 | 129 | 32.91 | |
| Television or radio | <.0001 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 446 | 48.16 | 225 | 42.13 | 221 | 56.38 | |
| A little or none at all | 480 | 51.84 | 309 | 57.87 | 171 | 43.62 | |
| Government agencies | <.0001 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 505 | 54.54 | 252 | 47.19 | 253 | 64.54 | |
| A little or none at all | 421 | 45.46 | 282 | 52.81 | 139 | 35.46 | |
| Religious organizations or leaders | <.0001 | ||||||
| A great deal, a lot, or a moderate amount | 356 | 38.44 | 176 | 32.96 | 180 | 45.92 | |
| A little or none at all | 570 | 61.56 | 358 | 67.04 | 212 | 54.08 | |
aChi-Square test.