Mother–Daughter Communication About HPV Vaccine

Mother-daughter communication about HPV vaccine.

PURPOSE Parent-child conversations about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may provide parents with the opportunity to talk with their daughters about sexual health. We sought to characterize mothers' communication with their adolescent daughters about HPV vaccine. METHODS We surveyed 609 mothers of girls aged between 11 and 20 years living in North Carolina in Fall 2008. We used logistic re...

Quality of Physician Communication about HPV Vaccine-Response.

We thank Osazuwa-Peters et al. (1) for their letter. While health professionals from various specialties can play a role in supporting adolescent immunization, primary care physicians are the most appropriate target for quality improvement efforts related to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine delivery. In our study, we surveyed a national sample of pediatricians and family physicianswith the go...

Patient information about HPV and the HPV vaccine.

Primary Care Physicians' Perspectives About HPV Vaccine.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Because physicians' practices could be modified to reduce missed opportunities for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, our goal was to: (1) describe self-reported practices regarding recommending the HPV vaccine; (2) estimate the frequency of parental deferral of HPV vaccination; and (3)identify characteristics associated with not discussing it. METHODS A nationa...

ental Decision Making about the HPV Vaccine

wnloaded kground: Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are available, but uptake is suboptimal. ation on factors influencing parental decisions regarding vaccination will facilitate the development of sful interventions. thods: Parents of girls ages 9 to 17 years (n = 476; cooperation rate = 67%) from a panel of U.S. housecompleted online surveys between September 2007 and January 2...