Current situation and influencing factors of HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of primary and secondary school girls in Guangyuan
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2483.2023.03.025
- VernacularTitle:广元市中小学女生家长HPV疫苗犹豫现状及影响因素
- Author:
Quanquan SONG
1
;
Yinghui ZHANG
1
;
Darong WEN
2
;
Mei MA
1
;
Rong LIANG
1
;
Xin YANG
1
;
Xiuzhen WANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Prevention and Protection , Guangyuan Mental Health Center , Guangyuan , Sichuan 628000 , China
2. Lizhou District of Disease Control and Prevention , Guangyuan , Sichuan 628000 , China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Human papillomavirus vaccine;
Parents;
Vaccine hesitation
- From:
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
2023;34(3):114-118
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate HPV vaccine hesitancy and influencing factors among parents of primary and secondary schools in Guangyuan, and to provide scientific countermeasures for reducing the hesitancy rate of HPV vaccine in parents. Methods Using stratified multi-stage cluster random sampling, 1,018 parents of girls in primary and secondary schools in Guangyuan were selected for a questionnaire survey from March to July 2021. The data were analyzed by Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression model. Results The hesitancy rate of HPV vaccine in parents was 42.95%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that families with low economic income, parents who believed that HPV vaccination would have long-term side effects, and be unsafe and expensive, and parents who concerned with the effect of HPV vaccine on the prevention of cervical cancer and insufficient supply of first doses of vaccine, had positive effects on HPV vaccine hesitancy (OR = 2.02, 1.44, 3.13, 1.53, 3.76, and 2.43, respectively, P < 0.05). Conclusion HPV vaccine hesitancy rate is high among parents of primary and secondary schools in Guangyuan. It is necessary to fully promote school education and increase the publicity of HPV vaccine to improve parents' awareness of HPV vaccine. Government departments need to make an overall plan to reduce vaccine costs and ensure sufficient vaccine quantity, so as to reduce parents' hesitation to vaccinate their children with HPV vaccine.
