Table 6.

Strategies proposed by women to achieve the acceptability of the vaccine, FASTER-Tlalpan Study, Mexico City, Mexico.

Theme	Subtheme	Selected quotes
Provide information	HPV Infection	“Give more information about the vaccine and HPV screening so that they know that if they don’t take care of themselves, they could get the illness”
		“Bad information, give them information that won’t frighten them”
		“Give more information of all the cases that have happened”
		“More information, more dissemination and to have HPV statistics”
	Vaccine (benefits and possible risks)	“Inform the right way, the pro and cons of the vaccine”
		“Give information in pamphlets, because they only know it’s for girls”
	HPV related cancer	“More information because they have erroneous ideas like that it [the vaccine] causes cancer”
	Prevention	“Inform them that it is a means of prevention”
	Innovations	“Inform them of the research and the problems they could have”
		“More research”
	For the partner	“Provide more talks, information for the partner”
Motivation and sensitization	Motivation for the woman	“Convince them through talks explaining the way to prevent, that they think about their children”
		“Tell them that it is important that they get the vaccine and that it is for the good of themselves and their families”
		“Motivate people so that they value their lives”
	For the partner	“Remove the myths or machista comments from the men who doubt the effectiveness of the vaccine”
		“Talks for the men because they don’t understand”
Improvements to the health sector	Community work	“Go out to do fieldwork”
		“Give more talks to the community”
		“More promotion, go to the houses to give information”
	Care improvements	“Better treatment because sometimes [health care professionals] shout at you”
		“Give good service’
		“Be more human”
		“Give better attention”
	Add to current infrastructure	“More places for screenings”
		“Have more places”
	Counseling	“Explain with clear language”
		“Explain well, so that there are no doubts”
		“Reassure them and don’t give them alarming information that paralyzes them so that they can continue the treatment”
		“Transmit trust”
		“Dialogue is important to give the adequate information”
	Universal HPV vaccination	“Propose that the vaccine is obligatory”
		“Make it obligatory if not then their husbands won’t allow them to come”