Table 4.
Barriers to HPV vaccine uptake among unvaccinated girls by race/ethnicity
| Barriers | Total (n=345) | Latina (n=171) | Chinese (n=73) | Korean (n=47) | African Am. (n=29) | Other (n=25) | Fisher’s Exact Test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | ||
| Need more info to make a decision (n=341) | 66 | 225/341 | 64 | 107/168 | 81 | 59/73 | 66 | 31/47 | 41 | 12/29 | 67 | 16/24 | P<0.001 |
| Do not know where to go to get the vaccine (n=322) | 74 | 238/322 | 68 | 107/157 | 84 | 58/69 | 81 | 38/47 | 68 | 17/25 | 75 | 18/24 | P=0.071 |
| Thinks HPV vaccine may cause problems getting pregnant in the future (n=161)* | 17 | 28/161 | 16 | 13/79 | 19 | 7/37 | 4 | 1/23 | 56 | 5/9 | 15 | 2/13 | P=0.230 |
| Thinks HPV vaccine may cause health problems in the future (N=164)* | 15 | 26/164 | 11 | 9/79 | 24 | 9/38 | 4 | 1/24 | 44 | 4/9 | 21 | 3/14 | P=0.042 |
| Believes daughter may think it’s okay to have sex after getting the HPV vaccine (N=164)* | 13 | 22/164 | 11 | 9/79 | 15 | 6/38 | 0 | 0/24 | 11 | 1/9 | 43 | 6/14 | P=0.002 |
*
Note: Items added to the survey near the end of data collection thus administered only to a portion of mothers of unvaccinated girls.