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Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2020 Aug 20;38(41):6388–6401. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.07.059

Table 5.

Patient-level determinants of HPV vaccine intention and uptake.

Domain Patient-level determinant Intention (reported by caregivers for their adolescents) Intention (reported by participants for themselves) Uptake (reported by caregivers for their adolescents) Uptake (reported by participants for themselves)
Healthcare delivery or organizational factors Knowledge of where to get HPV vaccine (n = 1) [45]
Knowledge of whether insurance covers HPV vaccine (n = 1) [43]
Access to clinics or providers with HPV vaccine (n = 1) [46]
Pap test receipt (n = 1) [42]
Level of familiarity with U.S. healthcare services (n = 1) [35]
Level of comfort with women’s health services (n = 1) [35]
Level of use of women’s health services (n = 1) [17]
Communication style Parent-child discussion about HPV vaccine (n = 1) [38]
Predisposing factors Age (n = 3) [40] [17,47]
Child’s age (n = 2) [39] [43]
Sex (n = 4) [40] [48] [47,49]
Language (n = 3) [50] [36,51]
HPV vaccine awareness (n = 4) [4143] [52]
HPV or HPV vaccine knowledge (n = 9) [40,53] [35,52] [54] [17,36,47,51]
General vaccine attitudes (n = 1) [40]
HPV vaccine attitudes (n = 2) [40] [47]
Belief about prevention (n = 1) [41]
Trust in Western medicine (n = 1) [41]
Medical mistrust (n = 1) [55]
Perceived HPV vaccine importance (n = 2) [40,56]
Perceived HPV vaccine effectiveness (n = 3) [40] [41,46]
Perceived HPV vaccine safety or side effect (n = 7) [3840] [41,43,45] [36]
HPV vaccine is too new (n = 3) [3940] [43]
Perceived susceptibility (n = 5) [35,57] [43] [36,52]
No need for HPV vaccine if not sexually active (n = 5) [3940] [57] [41] [52]
No need for HPV vaccine if practicing safe sex (n = 1) [57]
Trust in partner’s HPV status (n = 1) [37]
HPV vaccine promotes child’s sexual activity or promiscuity (n = 3) [38] [41,43]
American lifestyle increases susceptibility; thus should get vaccinated (n = 1) [57]
Get all vaccines for my child (n = 1) [43]
Worry about child’s health (n = 1) [40]
Belief regarding suitability of vaccine for Chinese people (n = 1) [57]
Too busy (n = 2) [36,52]
Enabling factors Perceived costs (n = 4) [3839] [41] [36]
School policy (n = 1) [38]
Not enough information or needing more information (n = 2) [40] [45]
Reinforcing factors Influence from mother (n = 3) [58] [3637]
HPV vaccine recommendation by parents (n = 1) [52]
Influence from family (n = 1) [36]
Influence from family and friends (n = 1) [56]
Influence from friends (n = 2) [35,48]
Influence from other parents (n = 1) [38]
Have friends whose children are HPV vaccinated (n = 1) [43]
Influence from social media (n = 1) [36]
Motivation to get protection from disease (n = 4) [38] [4243] [37]
Family stigma around sexual health (n = 1) [37]
Knowing someone with cancer (n = 1) [17]
Family history of cancer (n = 1) [35]
Interdependent self-construal (n = 1) [56]
Preventive activity Having to get multiple doses (n = 1) [36]
Belief regarding recommended ages (9–26) (n = 1) [57]