Table 3:
HPV vaccine uptake and knowledge by level of acculturation (N=67)
| Unadjusted | Adjustedb | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample | Low acculturation | Acculturated | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Heard of cervical cancera | ||||||||||
| Yes | 56 | 86.1 | 24 | 80.0 | 32 | 91.4 | 0.184 | 0.42 | 0.09–1.94 | 0.270 |
| No/Don’t Know | 9 | 13.9 | 6 | 20.0 | 3 | 8.6 | ||||
| Heard of HPV | ||||||||||
| Yes | 52 | 77.6 | 25 | 78.1 | 27 | 77.1 | 0.923 | 1.05 | 0.31–3.56 | 0.996 |
| No/Don’t Know | 15 | 22.4 | 7 | 21.9 | 8 | 22.9 | ||||
| Heard of HPV vaccine | ||||||||||
| Yes | 52 | 77.6 | 22 | 68.7 | 30 | 85.7 | 0.096 | 0.35 | 0.10–1.22 | 0.099 |
| No/Don’t Know | 15 | 22.4 | 10 | 31.3 | 30 | 85.7 | ||||
| Most people have HPV | ||||||||||
| Correct | 15 | 22.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 11 | 31.4 | 0.063 | 0.21 | 0.05–0.86 | 0.030 |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 52 | 77.6 | 28 | 87.5 | 24 | 68.6 | ||||
| Only one HPV injection | ||||||||||
| Correct | 25 | 37.3 | 12 | 37.5 | 13 | 37.1 | 0.976 | 1.16 | 0.40–3.33 | 0.788 |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 42 | 62.7 | 20 | 62.5 | 22 | 62.9 | ||||
| Woman can detect HPV | ||||||||||
| Correct | 16 | 24.2 | 7 | 21.9 | 9 | 26.5 | 0.663 | 0.84 | 0.26–2.71 | 0.771 |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 50 | 75.8 | 25 | 78.1 | 25 | 73.5 | ||||
| Man can detect HPV | ||||||||||
| Correct | 15 | 77.6 | 6 | 18.7 | 9 | 25.7 | 0.495 | 0.75 | 0.21–2.60 | 0.650 |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 52 | 22.4 | 26 | 81.2 | 26 | 74.3 | ||||
| Girls recommendation | ||||||||||
| Correct | 31 | 47.0 | 13 | 41.9 | 18 | 51.4 | 0.441 | 0.67 | 0.24–1.88 | 0.453 |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 35 | 53.0 | 18 | 58.1 | 17 | 48.6 | ||||
| Boys recommendation | ||||||||||
| Correct | 21 | 31.3 | 9 | 28.1 | 12 | 34.3 | 0.587 | 0.95 | 0.31–2.85 | 0.922 |
| Incorrect/Don’t know | 46 | 68.7 | 23 | 71.9 | 23 | 65.7 | ||||
Heard of cervical cancer missing for N=2
Adjusted for income