Table 2.
HPV awareness, vaccine uptake and Health Behavior Framework constructs by race/ethnicity
| Total | Latina | Chinese | Korean | African American | Other | Fisher’s Exact Test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | ||
| Awareness | |||||||||||||
| Heard of HPV | 63 | 306/489 | 64 | 163/255 | 66 | 65/98 | 46 | 30/66 | 68 | 26/38 | 69 | 22/32 | P=0.021 |
| Heard of HPV vaccine | 61 | 294/485 | 62 | 158/255 | 64 | 63/98 | 44 | 27/62 | 65 | 25/38 | 66 | 21/32 | P=0.029 |
| Uptake | |||||||||||||
| Received ≥ 1 dose of HPV vaccine | 29 | 139/484 | 33 | 84/255 | 25 | 24/97 | 24 | 15/62 | 24 | 9/38 | 22 | 7/32 | P=0.295 |
| Received all 3 doses | 12 | 56/484 | 13 | 33/255 | 9 | 9/97 | 13 | 8/62 | 3 | 1/38 | 16 | 5/32 | P=0.305 |
| Health Behavior Framework Constructs | |||||||||||||
| Perceived Severity: Agrees HPV would be a serious problem for daughter | 87 | 417/482 | 87 | 218/252 | 93 | 90/97 | 84 | 53/63 | 74 | 28/38 | 88 | 28/32 | P=0.059 |
| Perceived Risk: Daughter’s risk for HPV compared to other girls their age | |||||||||||||
| More risk | 6 | 28/480 | 8 | 20/252 | 0 | 0/95 | 0 | 0/63 | 11 | 4/38 | 13 | 4/32 | P< 0.001 |
| The same risk | 19 | 89/480 | 22 | 55/252 | 21 | 20/95 | 3 | 2/63 | 13 | 5/38 | 22 | 7/32 | |
| Less risk | 65 | 311/480 | 62 | 155/252 | 61 | 58/85 | 86 | 54/63 | 68 | 26/38 | 56 | 18/32 | |
| Don’t know | 11 | 52/480 | 9 | 22/252 | 18 | 17/95 | 11 | 7/63 | 8 | 3/38 | 9 | 3/32 | |
| Perceived Effectiveness: HPV Vaccine’s effectiveness against HPV is… | |||||||||||||
| Very effective | 33 | 159/482 | 41 | 103/252 | 6 | 5/97 | 39 | 25/64 | 43 | 16/37 | 31 | 10/32 | P=0.085 |
| Somewhat Effective | 28 | 137/482 | 23 | 58/252 | 47 | 46/97 | 33 | 21/64 | 16 | 6/37 | 19 | 6/32 | |
| Not Effective | 4 | 17/482 | 3 | 8/252 | 3 | 3/97 | 2 | 1/64 | 11 | 4/37 | 3 | 1/32 | |
| Don’t know | 35 | 169/482 | 33 | 83/252 | 44 | 43/97 | 27 | 17/64 | 30 | 11/37 | 47 | 15/32 | |
| General Vaccine Beliefs, Attitudes & Mandates | |||||||||||||
| General Vaccine Attitudes: Agrees immunization against disease is a good thing | 92 | 446/485 | 98 | 248/254 | 77 | 75/97 | 97 | 64/66 | 87 | 33/38 | 87 | 26/30 | P=<0.001 |
| Youngest Acceptable Age for Vaccination: Age parents reported as acceptable for HPV vaccination (mean) | 13.9 | 429 | 13.4 | 237 | 15.0 | 81 | 14.6 | 57 | 13.8 | 30 | 13.3 | 24 | P=0.002 |
| School Mandates: HPV vaccine should be required for school entry | 36 | 176/484 | 44 | 111/253 | 16 | 15/97 | 53 | 35/66 | 19 | 7/37 | 26 | 8/31 | P<0.001 |