Table 2.
Product: What mothers stated are the positive effects of having their child complete the HPV vaccine series (N = 51)
| Initiated (n = 28) |
Completed
(n = 23) |
Examples of participant responses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
| Vaccine is good for the child’s health | 7 (26.9) | 4 (13.3) | By completing the vaccine series, she will be good. She will have good health |
| Being up-to-date with vaccinations | 5 (19.2) | – | Now the series is complete |
| Opportunity to teach child about good health practices |
2 (7.7) | – | I feel that I am giving her a healthier life. She can now take con- trol of her own body and she will know that she should learn about the illnesses that can be prevented |
| Prevention | 3 (11.5) | 11 (36.7) | The vaccine will prevent HPV. I know that she will not be 100 % protected, but it will help her a lot |
| Protection for child | 3 (11.5) | 11 (36.7) | I feel that she is protected from illnesses that may come. She is protected by the vaccines and from illness |
| Improvement in child’s behavior | 2 (7.7) | – | His behavior. I believe that [vaccinating] will change his way of thinking and acting. When I gave him the first dose he changed for the good |
| Cures cervical cancer | 1 (3.9) | – | [The HPV vaccine] is good because it will cure cervical cancer and any other illness that she can get. The positive effect is that she is now cured from any illness she can get when, in the future, she has relations with her partner |
| Cures other illnesses | 1 (3.9) | – | [The HPV vaccine] is good because it will cure cervical cancer and any other illness that she can get. The positive effect is that she is now cured from any illness she can get when, in the future, she has relations with her partner |
| Healthy future for child | 1 (3.9) | – | I believe that he will be better in the future |
| Better health in the future | 1 (3.9) | – | I think that he will have a healthier future |
| Protect child’s future partner from HPV that causes cervical cancer |
– | 1 (3.3) | Firstly, [the HPV vaccine] will prevent him from giving vari- ous types of the human papillomavirus to his partner or other people. From what I understand women get cervical cancer from those [HPV] viruses. This is very sad and will be avoided now that more people are being vaccinated |
| Security knowing that the vaccine will keep child healthy |
– | 1 (3.3) | My child can now feel secure because he completed the third dose and will avoid an illness in the future |
| Everything | – | 1 (3.3) | I saw that everything was fine, everything was normal |
| Vaccine works as it is said to | – | 1 (3.3) | I said that if [the HPV vaccine] was going to work on him, then okay let’s give it to him |
Responses may not add up to N due to some participants providing multiple responses