Table 2.

Percentage of correct responses to questions about vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) at baseline and follow-up. (n=1,121)

	Correct Answer
Question	Baseline	Follow-up	McNemar’s test p-value
Have you heard about an HPV vaccine called Gardasil?	45.1%	65.9%	<0.0001
What do you think the vaccine is meant to prevent?
Abnormal Pap tests, cervical cancer and precancer	66.0%	72.9%	<0.0001
Lung infections	63.8%	71.0%	<0.0001
Urine infections	54.4%	62.5%	<0.0001
Warts around the genitals and anus	34.4%	38.8%	0.01
Genital herpes	38.7%	43.7%	0.006
For women with HIV, what are recommendations for HPV vaccination?	74.2%	71.4%	0.09
Among women without HIV, who should get the HPV vaccine?
Girls as young as 9 years of age	28.0%	38.5%	<0.0001
Teenage and young adult women	67.1%	79.0%	<0.0001
Women over 25 years who are at high risk	9.3%	14.6%	<0.0001
Women 50 years of age and older	21.6%	33.8%	<0.0001