Table 3.

Adolescent vaccine-related content of health education: overall sample, and divided by school type.

	% of total (n=155)	% total, Middle School Sample (n=66)	% total, High School Sample (n=89)
Health education curriculum includes information on adolescent vaccines?
Yes	66.2%	52.3%	76.4%
Among those teaching about adolescent vaccination	N=102	N=34	N=68
Which vaccines are discussed?*
Flu	83.3%	85.3%	82.4%
HPV	80.4%	73.5%	83.8%
Meningococcal	39.2%	32.3%	42.7%
Tdap	58.8%	55.9%	60.3%
Only general vaccine information provided	17.7%	17.7%	17.7%
What information is discussed?*
That vaccines are recommended for adolescents	73.5%	64.7%	77.9%
The safety of adolescent vaccines	67.7%	61.7%	70.6%
Diseases the vaccines prevent	88.2%	88.2%	88.2%
Where the vaccines can be obtained	67.7%	55.9%	69.1%
To check with parents to see which vaccines are needed	62.8%	64.7%	61.8%

^*Participants could choose >1 response.

Bolded percentages indicate statistically significant differences between MS and HS.