Maternal acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccine in Malaysia.
Acceptability rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination by 362 Malaysian mothers were 65.7% and 55.8% for daughters and sons, respectively. Younger mothers, and those who knew someone with cancer, were more willing to vaccinate their daughters. If the vaccine was routine and cost free, acceptability rate was 97.8%.
Sam
I-Ching
IC
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. jicsam@um.edu.my
Wong
Li-Ping
LP
Rampal
Sanjay
S
Leong
Yin-Hui
YH
Pang
Chan-Fu
CF
Tai
Yong-Ting
YT
Tee
Hwee-Ching
HC
Kahar-Bador
Maria
M
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control
D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines