Table 5.
The effect of HPV vaccine-related awareness and knowledge on HPV vaccine receipt for any child among caregivers of children age 11-17 years old (N=181)1
| Any Child Received HPV Vaccine (n=37) |
No Child Received HPV Vaccine (n=144) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%)2 | n (%)2 | p-value3,4 | |
| Have you heard of cervical cancer? | 0.0003 | ||
| Yes | 34 (27.42) | 90 (72.58) | |
| No/Don’t know | 3 (5.26) | 54 (94.74) | |
| Have you heard of human papillomavirus or HPV? | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 32 (34.41) | 61 (65.59) | |
| No/Don’t know | 5 (5.75) | 82 (94.25) | |
| Before today, have you heard of the HPV vaccine? | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 33 (40.74) | 48 (59.26) | |
| No/Don’t know | 4 (4.08) | 94 (95.92) | |
| HPV is able to cause cervical cancer. | 0.0255 | ||
| Correct | 24 (28.57) | 60 (71.43) | |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 13 (13.98) | 80 (86.02) | |
| Most people have HPV at some point in their lives. | 0.0153 | ||
| Correct | 18 (32.73) | 37 (67.27) | |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 19 (15.32) | 105 (84.68) | |
| A female can tell if she has HPV. | 0.0198 | ||
| Correct | 20 (29.85) | 47 (70.15) | |
| Incorrect/don’t know | 16 (14.29) | 96 (85.71) | |
| A male can tell if he has HPV. | 0.0372 | ||
| Correct | 20 (28.57) | 50 (71.43) | |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 16 (15.24) | 89 (84.76) | |
| The HPV vaccine is given in one injection. | <0.0001 | ||
| Correct | 26 (50.98) | 25 (49.02) | |
| Incorrect/don’t know | 9 (7.09) | 118 (92.91) | |
| The best time for girls to get the HPV vaccination is between 11 and 12 but girls can also benefit from getting it when they are between the ages of 9-26. | <0.0001 | ||
| Correct | 28 (35.90) | 50 (64.10) | |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 8 (7.84) | 94 (92.16) | |
| The best time for boys to get the HPV vaccination is between 11 and 12 but boys can also benefit from getting it when they are between the ages of 9-21. | <0.0001 | ||
| Correct | 26 (36.62) | 45 (63.38) | |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 11 (10.09) | 98 (89.91) |
1
Missing values are not shown in this table and were excluded from analysis. See Table 3 for counts of missing values for each question.
2
Percentages calculated out of row totals.
3
p-values calculated using Fisher’s Exact Test for Count Data (this test chosen due to small cell sizes).
4
Boldface indicates significance p<0.05.