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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2011 Dec;36(6):957–965. doi: 10.1007/s10900-011-9395-1

Table 3.

Results: HPV and HPV vaccine beliefs and decision making factors

Questions (response) Pretest
Posttest
McNemar’s test
(pretest versus posttest)
P-value
GEE (intervention versus control)
P-value
% N % N
Beliefs
If my daughter receives the vaccine, it is more likely that
  she will think it is okay to have sexual relations. (Disagree)
0.92
  Intervention 67 30 57 26 0.1
  Control 57 24 46 19 0.21
My daughter is too young to receive the HPV vaccine. (Disagree) 0.18
  Intervention 41 19 61 28 0.01
  Control 34 14 41 16 0.41
It is important to protect my daughter from cervical cancer. (Agree) 0.49
  Intervention 93 42 98 45 0.16
  Control 98 41 98 40 1.00
Decision making factors
I would talk to my daughter’s other parent before I make
  a decision to give my daughter the HPV vaccine. (Agree)
0.47
  Intervention 91 42 96 44 0.32
  Control 91 38 91 38 1.00
I think that my daughter’s other parent would want
  her to receive the vaccine. (Agree)
0.26
  Intervention 74 34 93 42 0.007
  Control 83 34 91 38 0.26
I am interested in learning more about the vaccine. (Agree) nsb
  Intervention 91 42 96 43 0.17
  Control 93 38 100 42 0.08
I am able to talk to my daughter’s doctor or nurse
  about the vaccine. (Agree)
nsb
  Intervention 93 42 100 46 0.08
  Control 95 38 91 38 0.16
In our appointment I will talk to my daughter’s doctor
  or nurse about the vaccine. (Agree)
0.99
  Intervention 96 43 98 44 0.32
  Control 95 39 98 41 0.56
Self-efficacy and vaccine uptake
If you wanted to receive the HPV vaccine for your daughter,
  how sure are you that you could do it? (Very Sure)
0.72
  Intervention 74 33 84 38 0.06
  Control 61 25 78 32 0.008
    Among parents with low acculturation 0.24
    Intervention 73 19 89 23 0.045
    Control 54 13 63 15 0.16
    Among parents with high acculturation nsb
    Intervention 74 14 79 15 0.56
    Control 71 12 100 17 0.03
Likelihood of vaccine uptake
How likely is it that your daughter will receive the vaccine
  in the next 12 months?a (Very Probable)
0.58
  Intervention 54 20 61 22 0.26
  Control 63 22 67 24 0.56
    Among parents with low acculturation 0.71
    Intervention 60 12 70 14 0.32
    Control 63 22 66 23 0.56
    Among parents with high acculturation 0.57
    Intervention 44 7 50 8 0.56
    Control 73 11 73 11 1.0

Bold values represent P-values < .05

a

Excluded parents who already received the vaccine for child

b

Not significant (NS)—GEE model unable to converge due to lack of variability in responses