Table 4.
Questions for Parents' Focus Group Discussions
| Information sources for vaccination |
| 1. Where do you usually get information about the 4 vaccines (Tdap, Meningococcal, Flu, and HPV) that are required or recommended for your preteens? |
| 2. How or why are these sources helpful to you? |
| 3. How could these sources be more helpful to you? |
| 4. What kind of information would be helpful to parents like yourself to vaccinate your son or daughter at age 11 or 12 for the HPV vaccine? |
| 5. How do you think parents would like to get that information? |
| 6. What have you heard parents say about HPV vaccination of their children? |
| 7. What have you heard doctors or nurses say about HPV vaccination? |
| Motivators for/against vaccination |
| 8. What are some reasons you would get your preteen vaccinated against HPV? |
| 9. What are some of the reasons you would NOT get your preteen vaccinated against HPV? |
| 10. Is there anything else that would motivate you to vaccinate your son or daughter? |
| Discussing health-related topics |
| 11. Have you ever talked with your son/daughter about any of the preteen vaccines? |
| Which ones? |
| What brought up the conversation? |
| How did the conversation(s) go? |
| 12. Have you talked with your son/daughter about the HPV vaccine? |
| How did that conversation go? |
| Did you prepare in any way beforehand? |
| Starting a conversation |
| 13. Is there anything that you would have liked but didn't have to start the conversation with your preteen? |
| 14. If you haven't talked with them, why not? (or why do you think parents might wait to talk or not talk at all) |
| Feedback on project development |
| 15. Last year, parents said that conversations with a healthcare provider, brochures, and a website were the most preferred ways to learn about the vaccine. Does that seem about right to you? |
| 16. What would you want to see on a website? |
| What sort of information? |
| How would you like to see it? |
| 17. What do you think about the look and navigation of this sample home page? |
| 18. What do you think about this proposed content? |
| 19. How acceptable would it be to have information about these topics on the website?: |
| Risk of getting HPV over a lifetime |
| Transmission |
| Health outcomes |
| Symptoms |
| Why vaccinating at 11–12 is important (or before sexual debut) |
| 20. Should we include any of these preteen topics on the website, in addition to the HPV vaccine? |
| All preteen vaccines |
| Puberty and what that means to parenting, your family, and relationship with your child |
| Other common health/social concerns such as depression, substance use, smoking |
| -How to start the conversation about sex |
| -More in-depth information about sex |
| 21. What would you think about a short 30-second video from kids and parents about vaccination? |
| Would that help you make a decision about vaccination? |
| Is there something you'd like to see covered in a video? |
| 22. How would you react to text messages from your healthcare provider about?: |
| Appointment reminders |
| Short motivational messages such as “Protect Them” |
| Links to other pieces of our project, such as the website or the videogame |
| 23. What are your thoughts about why you might NOT want to get texts? |
| How often would you want to get texts? |
| How much is too much? |
| Feedback on videogames |
| 24. First, what do you think about the idea of using a videogame to teach about preteen vaccines? |
| 25. Would you prefer it focus on preteen vaccines in general, or on HPV vaccine only? |
| 26. Any other thoughts about how to “package” the message? |
| 27. Would you be willing or interested in playing a vaccine game with your child? |
| It could be for fun, or as a way to start a conversation around HPV vaccine or (broader) |
| 28. Any preferences on competitive vs. cooperative themes? |
| 29. Do you play videogames with your preteen now? |
| What do you like about it? |
| What don't you like? |
| 30. What types of information or messages would you most like to see in a videogame? |
| 31. Did we miss any good ways to communicate with you or with your preteens? |
| 32. How much control/interaction would you want over what your kids see from our project? |
Questions same for both groups of parents.