Table 1.

Survey measures

	Healthcare Staff		School Staff		Parents
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Post
Knowledge (self-rated)a	●	●	●	●	●
Knowledge (objectively assessed)
Number of new HPV cases each year in the US	●	●	●	●
Percent of new HPV cases that occur in 15–24 year olds	●	●	●	●
Percent of cervical cancers where HPV can be found	●	●	●	●
Vaccine is effective in virus-naïve females but does not protect against or treat existing infections	●	●	●	●
Half of cervical cancer cases between ages 35–50 were likely exposed to HPV in teens or early twenties	●	●	●	●
A woman dies every 2.5 hours from cervical cancer in the US	●	●
Regular Pap smear tests are no longer needed after HPV vaccination	●	●
Beliefs
Community education on HPV and HPV vaccine is valuable	●	●
Would choose to vaccinate daughter if they had one in the approved age range for HPV vaccine	●	●
HPV and HPV vaccine education is worthwhile for school personnel			●	●
Middle schools are an appropriate venue for HPV and HPV vaccine education			●	●
Course of action if a student approached them with questions about HPV or HPV vaccine			●	●
Would be supportive of a school-based vaccination clinic			●	●	●

Note. Surveys delivered before or after educational intervention.

^aOn post-intervention surveys, parents self-rated their current HPV knowledge and estimated their knowledge before the educational presentation.