Table 7.
Potential barriers to HPV vaccination from a health-care professional perspective, FASTER-Tlalpan Study, Mexico City, Mexico. (N = 24).
| Categorized barrier | Number of times barrier listed* |
|---|---|
| “Lack of information” | 16 |
| “They believe that the is not good/that it harms” | 12 |
| “Fear of the vaccine/distrust” | 12 |
| “There are many myths about the vaccine” | 10 |
| “They believe it sterilizes them” | 6 |
| “Because of the bad information transmitted through mass communication like the television” | 6 |
| “They fear the secondary reactions” | 4 |
| “They don’t believe in the vaccine” | 4 |
| “Because their husbands don’t let them (they are not given permission to make decisions)” | 4 |
| “Being unaware of the benefits/ignorance” | 4 |
| “Because of ways and customs” | 2 |
| “They believe that the vaccine kills” | 1 |
| “They believe that it can cause cancer” | 1 |
| “They doubt that it is authentic because it is free” | 1 |
| “They believe that HPV does not exist and that they don’t need the vaccine” | 1 |
| “They believe it will cause them to develop the papilloma virus” | 1 |
| “The cost of the vaccine through private means” | 1 |
| “Because they have to return to get a second dose of the vaccine (they might forget or don’t want the second dose)” | 1 |
*All health-care professionals listened to more than one barrier.