Patient information about HPV and the HPV vaccine

Patient information about HPV and the HPV vaccine.

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...

Parents' Internet use for information about HPV vaccine.

PURPOSE The Internet is an increasingly common source of health-related information. We sought to examine associations between parents' Internet information-seeking and their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. METHODS We interviewed parents within a year after approval of HPV vaccine for females and males. Participants were North Carolina parents with d...

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...

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...