Table 2. Parents'/Guardians' Views Regarding Cervical Cancer and Probable Vaccination of Boys with HPV Vaccines.
| Questions items | Total | Willingness to allow a son(s) to be given the HPV vaccine | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
| Yes | No | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| #How important is the HPV Vaccine for son(s)? | |||||
| Not at all important | 26 (4.8) | 19 (3.9) | 7 (12.7) | Ref | |
| Not very important | 19 (3.5) | 14 (2.9) | 5 (9.1) | 0.97 (0.21–4.46) | |
| Somewhat important | 46 (8.5) | 38 (7.9) | 8 (14.5) | 0.57 (0.16–2.09) | |
| Very important | 448 (83.1) | 413 (85.3) | 35 (63.6) | 0.23 (0.08–0.65)*** | |
| #What is cervical cancer? | |||||
| A cancer in the cervix/lower part of womb | 455 (51.9) | 403 (51.5) | 52 (55.9) | Ref | |
| An invasive tumor affecting the cervix | 174 (19.9) | 157 (20.1) | 17 (18.3) | 0.84 (0.45–1.55) | |
| It is mainly caused by HPV | 223 (25.5) | 203 (25.9) | 20 (21.5) | 0.76 (0.42–1.35) | |
| It is caused by Hepatitis Viruses B and C | 24 (2.7) | 20 (2.6) | 4 (4.3) | 1.55 (0.43–5.06) | |
| How is HPV transmitted? | |||||
| Sexual intercourse | 661 (93.1) | 590 (93.7) | 71 (88.8) | Ref | |
| Mother to child transmission | 49 (6.9) | 40 (6.3) | 9 (11.3) | 1.87 (0.81–4.21) | |
| #Reasons parents would consider to allow their sons to be given the HPV vaccine | |||||
| HPV vaccine has no side effects | 303 (32.5) | 295 (32.9) | 8 (22.2) | Ref | |
| HPV vaccine is at a low cost | 108 (11.6) | 103 (11.5) | 5 (13.9) | 1.79 (0.49–6.20) | |
| Certainty of HPV Vaccine's effectiveness | 304 (32.6) | 298 (33.3) | 6 (16.7) | 0.74 (0.23–2.39) | |
| Time is available to take sons to get HPV Vaccine | 39 (4.2) | 32 (3.6) | 7 (19.4) | 8.07 (2.44–26.63)*** | |
| To discourage early sexual debut and unsafe sex | 178 (19.1) | 168 (18.8) | 10 (27.8) | 2.19 (0.79–6.23) | |
| #Reasons parents would consider to recommend the HPV vaccine to sons of friends and relatives | |||||
| Yes, for safety reasons | 205 (19.5) | 195 (19.7) | 10 (16.4) | Ref | |
| It can prevent HPV infection | 330 (31.4) | 312 (31.5) | 18 (29.5) | 1.13 (0.48–2.68) | |
| Because it can protect against cervical cancer | 211 (20.1) | 201 (20.3) | 10 (16.4) | 0.97 (0.36–2.59) | |
| May be but I am not sure | 39 (3.7) | 27 (2.7) | 12 (19.7) | 8.67 (3.12–24.31)*** | |
| Yes, to prevent cancer | 132 (12.6) | 126 (12.7) | 6 (9.8) | 0.93 (0.29–2.86) | |
| Yes, to prevent cervical cancer | 133 (12.7) | 128 (12.9) | 5 (8.2) | 0.76 (0.22–2.49) | |
| #Who should receive/be given the HPV Vaccine? | |||||
| All females before their sexual debut | 257 (22.7) | 225 (21.8) | 32 (31.1) | Ref | |
| All females | 276 (24.4) | 252 (24.5) | 24 (23.3) | 0.67 (0.37–1.21) | |
| All males | 258 (22.8) | 240 (23.3) | 18 (17.5) | 0.53 (0.27–1.00) | |
| All males before their sexual debut | 226 (19.9) | 215 (20.9) | 11 (10.7) | 0.36 (0.17–0.77)** | |
| People with multiple sexual partners | 116 (10.2) | 98 (9.5) | 18 (17.5) | 1.29 (0.66–2.51) | |
| #What do you think are the current chances of your son(s) getting an HPV infection? | |||||
| High | 171 (25.4) | 156 (26.0) | 15 (20.3) | Ref | |
| Medium | 151 (22.4) | 143 (23.9) | 8 (10.8) | 0.58 (0.22–1.51) | |
| Low | 182 (27.0) | 159 (26.5) | 23 (31.1) | 1.50 (0.72–3.16) | |
| None | 61 (9.1) | 50 (8.3) | 11 (14.9) | 1.29 (0.91–5.71) | |
| Uncertain | 108 (16.0) | 91 (15.2) | 17 (23.0) | 1.94 (0.87–4.34) | |
| #What do you think are the current chances of your son(s) getting an STD | |||||
| High | 208 (29.9) | 190 (30.8) | 18 (22.8) | Ref | |
| Medium | 136 (19.5) | 123 (19.9) | 13 (16.5) | 1.12 (0.49–2.49) | |
| Low | 163 (23.4) | 143 (23.2) | 20 (25.3) | 1.47 (0.72–3.04) | |
| None | 65 (9.3) | 57 (9.2) | 8 (10.1) | 1.48 (0.56–3.85) | |
| Uncertain | 124 (17.8) | 104 (16.9) | 20 (25.3) | 2.03 (0.98–4.22) | |
Significance set at: *p≤0.05; **p≤0.01, ***p≤0.001; #Total scores for parents willing to allow sons to be given the HPV vaccine was greater than 681 and those not willing greater than 85 because multiple responses were allowed.