Table 3.

Key themes on HPV vaccine acceptability among Mexican women, FASTER-Tlalpan Study, Mexico City, Mexico.

Themes	Subthemes	Selected Quotes
Prevention and health self-care	Infections/HPV/Transmission	“It’s a method of prevention”
		“To improve my health”
		“To not have this Papilloma virus illness”
		“It’s to prevent the illness in case I had it”
		“Because one never knows the [kind of] person who was in someone’s life previously and to avoid infections”
		“HPV currently affects women and it is good to prevent it”
		“For protection in case of having [sexual] relations and catching it”
		“To protect myself from the illnesses out there”
		“A control for future risks”
	Cervical Cancer	“To prevent a type of cancer because of having two partners”
		“I know it is something very important and it can prevent cervical-uterine cancer”
		“To be better protected”
		“So that I can be well and not get sick”
		“The Mexican woman is at great risk”
Sexual behaviors	Partner’s sexual behaviors	“Because my husband has had various partners”
		“I have a husband and one never knows what will happen or how faithful he is”
	Woman’s sexual behaviors	“I’ve had many sexual partners”
		“If I have unprotected sex I will be protected”
		“For safety and because with my partner, we don’t use that sort of protection”
Medical history	Cancer	“Because I have family history of cervical-uterine cancer”
	HPV Infections	“I need it because I have the virus”
		“I’ve had other infections and it is painful”
		“I am diabetic, and I want to prevent infections”
	Genital warts	“I would have liked to because I don’t know if it prevents other infections and I have some warts that I would like to treat”
Fear	Cancer	“I am afraid to get cancer and it is happening much more”
		“I do not get checked very often”
	HPV	“To prevent and to not get sick, because I am terrified of HPV”
	The future of their children	“For my health because I have to care for my children”
Benefits of the vaccine	Cost-free	“Because it’s free”
		“To take advantage of the fact that it’s free because they are very expensive and for prevention
	Healing properties and immunity	“It’s an alternative to a cure for this illness”
		“Because it creates antibodies for us”