Table 2.
Additional quotes related to sex topics and parent-daughter communication about HPV.
Theme | Quote | Group |
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Limited communication between mothers and daughters about sex topics | “My parents talked [about sex], but there are things that I don’t tell them. There are things that we have to keep to ourselves.” | Unvaccinated daughter |
Daughters feeling uncomfortable discussing sex topics with their parents | When asked if this is something that parents don’t talk about and that she [daughter] prefers it that way, a daughter emphasized “No. I don’t even joke about it.” “She [mother] took me to a bookstore to get books so she could sit down with me and show me very graphic pages and explain things that I already knew. That is very uncomfortable.” |
Vaccinated daughter Unvaccinated daughter |
Focus on abstinence | “My mother was very conservative and although she did not admonished my brothers and me [about sex], she talked to us about how things were, how sexual relationships go, but mostly she talked about abstinence; she never talked about condoms or birth control pills.” | Unvaccinated daughter |
Parent-daughter communication about HPV and the HPV vaccine | “Many times parents think that they can make the decision for us when in reality… it’s a personal decision.” | Unvaccinated daughter |