Table 2.
Mothers’ HPV Knowledge, Perception of Daughters’ Health Knowledge, and Health Communication (n=130)
| Yes % |
No % |
Don’t Know % |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Awareness | |||
| Have you ever heard of HPV? | 45.0 | 55.0 | – |
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| Mothers’ HPV Knowledgea | |||
| Do you think that … | |||
| 1. women can get HPV because they do not have good personal hygiene | 43.8 | 22.3 | 33.8 |
| 2. women can get HPV through sex | 72.3 | 3.1 | 24.6 |
| 3. women can get HPV by being exposed to an unclean woman exam | 51.5 | 18.5 | 30.0 |
| 4. women can get HPV through bad food eaten in the refugee camp | 21.9 | 43.0 | 35.2 |
| 5. women can get HPV because they were not able to keep clean during Khmer rouge | 41.5 | 26.9 | 31.5 |
| 6. women can get HPV because they were not able to keep clean in the refugee camp | 36.9 | 27.7 | 35.4 |
| 7. men can get HPV | 49.2 | 10.0 | 40.8 |
| 8. HPV can cause cervical cancer | 66.9 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
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| Mothers’ Perception of Daughter’s Health Knowledgeb | |||
| 1. Do you think that your daughter has more knowledge about general health than you do? | 61.7 | 31.3 | 7.0 |
| 2. Do you think that your daughter has more knowledge about health because she speaks English better than you do? (n=79) | 83.5 | 13.9 | 2.5 |
| 3. Do you think that your daughter has more knowledge about sex than you do? | 51.6 | 26.6 | 21.9 |
| 4. Do you think that your daughter has more knowledge about sex because she speaks English better than you do? (n=65) | 87.7 | 9.2 | 3.1 |
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| Health Communication | Very Comfortable | Somewhat Comfortable | Not at All Comfortable |
| How comfortable are you speaking to your daughter about STD? (n=98) | 37.8 | 36.7 | 25.5 |
Note. HPV=human papillomavirus; STD=sexually transmitted diseases
a
HPV Knowledge (8 questions); Mean=3.61, SD=2.30; Cronbach’s Alpha=0.890
b
Mother’s Perception of Daughter’s Health Knowledge (4 questions); Cronbach’s Alpha=0.723