Table 3. Reasons for receiving or intending to receive vaccine.
| Reasons for receipt of adolescent vaccines | Reasons for intention to receive adolescent vaccines | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza (n = 88) N (%) |
Tdap (n = 98) N (%) |
MCV4 (n = 80) N (%) |
HPV (n = 48) N (%) |
Influenza (n = 44) N (%) |
Tdap (n = 14) N (%) |
MCV4 (n = 25) N (%) |
HPV (n = 47) N (%) |
|
| Our family doctor recommended it for my child | 77 (87.5)* | 35 (35.7)† | 73 (91.3)* | 46 (95.8)* | 35 (79.5)† | 4 (28.6)‡ | 13 (52.0)* | 21 (45.7)† |
| To protect a family member | 54 (61.4)‡ | — | 22 (27.5) | — | 29 (65.9)‡ | — | 12 (48.0)† | — |
| Too young to be vaccinated |
— | 32 (32.7)‡ | — | — | — | 9 (64.3)* | — | — |
| Cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons |
— | 16 (16.3) | — | — | — | 5 (35.7)† | — | — |
| Family has had good experience with the vaccine | 73 (83.0)† | — | — | — | 39 (88.6)* | — | — | — |
| I heard about it on the news | 38 (43.2) | 29 (29.6) | 35 (43.8)‡ | 21 (43.8)† | 25 (56.8) | 4 (28.6)‡ | 12 (48.0)† | 27 (57.5)* |
| It was recommended by the health department | 23 (26.1) | 88 (89.8)* | 23 (28.8) | 16 (33.3)‡ | 11 (25.0) | 4 (28.6)‡ | 6 (24.0) | 8 (17.0) |
| It was recommended by a friend/family member | 30 (34.1) | 17 (17.4) | 61 (76.2)† | 11 (22.9) | 18 (40.9) | 2 (14.3) | 5 (20.0) | 10 (21.3)‡ |
Notes: *Primary reason for vaccine acceptance. †Second most reason for vaccine acceptance. ‡Third most reason for vaccine acceptance.