Table 5:
Primary influencers and reasons for accepting HPV vaccine among adult respondents where girls were recipients of at least one vaccine dose in community-based assessment of HPV vaccination coverage; Siem Reap and Svay Rieng provinces, Cambodia – 2017.
| Siem Reap province | Svay Rieng province | |
|---|---|---|
| Girls who received at least 1 vaccine dosea, b | N= 161 n (%)c |
N= 111 n (%)c |
| Discussed HPV vaccine with someone before making the decision to receive vaccine | 52 (32) | 28 (25) |
| Person respondent discussed HPV vaccine with prior to the campaign | ||
| – Family member | 28 (54) | 18 (64) |
| – Health worker | 0 (0) | 2 (7) |
| – Teacher | 4 (8) | 0 (0) |
| – Community health volunteer | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| – Other | 4 (8) | 2 (7) |
| Main reason for the girl receiving vaccined | ||
| – Protection from cervical cancer | 91 (57) | 68 (61) |
| – Vaccines thought to be good for health or wanted girl to be healthy | 30 (19) | 5 (5) |
| – Protection from cancer (no type specified) | 13 (8) | 12 (11) |
| – Prevents her from getting sick (no illness specified) | 10 (6) | 4 (4) |
| – School was providing it to the girls | 5 (3) | 10 (9) |
| – Vaccine is free | 1 (1) | 3 (3) |
| – Followed advice of someone who said to receive it | 1 (1) | 2 (2) |
| – Other | 5 (3) | 1 (1) |
a
Interviews were completed for a total of 315 girls (188 in Siem Reap and 127 in Svay Rieng)
b
By documented record (vaccination card or health facility record)
c
Missing values excluded and percentages rounded to the nearest whole number
d
Questions were free response and grouped into pre-defined categories by data collectors