Table 3.
N (%) | |
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Positive attitudes toward HPV vaccination for their sons (565)a | 402 (71.2) |
Reasons for vaccinating your son against HPV (407)a, b | |
Reducing infection in both sexes | 288 (70.8) |
Protecting males from cancers | 186 (45.7) |
Protecting females from cervical cancer | 148 (36.4) |
Willingness to receive all effective vaccines | 78 (19.2) |
Protecting males from genital warts | 73 (17.9) |
Recommended by pediatrician/family physician | 73 (17.9) |
The vaccine is required/provided by the Ministry of Health | 61 (15) |
Experiences of cancer in family | 36 (8.8) |
Other | 5 (1.2) |
Reasons for not having your son vaccinated against HPV (155)a, b | |
Fear of side effects | 104 (67.1) |
Doubtful efficacy | 49 (31.6) |
Doubtful utility | 34 (21.9) |
Vaccination will encourage unprotected sexual intercourse/the condom is preferable | 32 (20.6) |
Vaccination is not suitable for males/vaccination for girls is enough | 27 (17.4) |
Contrary to many vaccinations | 15 (9.7) |
It would be better that children make their own decisions | 12 (7.7) |
He is too young | 10 (6.5) |
Other | 13 (8.4) |
Positive attitudes to inform their children about HPV infection (564) a | 536 (95) |
Reasons for not informing their children about HPV infection (28) a, b | |
This is not an interesting subject for children | 16 (57.1) |
It will excite curiosity for sex | 10 (35.7) |
The parents make decisions for their children | 2 (7.1) |
Other | 2 (7.1) |
Sources of information about HPV prevention (538) a, b | |
Pediatrician/family physician | 495 (92) |
Teachers | 318 (59.1) |
Parents | 291 (54.1) |
Other physician | 17 (3.2) |
Mass media | 10 (1.9) |
aIn brackets the number of parents responding and/or eligible to the question
bMultiple responses allowed