title: Predictors of intent to vaccinate against HPV/cervical cancer: a multi-ethnic survey of 769 parents in New Zealand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify factors predictive of parents' intent to have their daughters' receive the HPV/cervical cancer vaccine.
  
  
  METHODS
  3123 questionnaires were distributed to parents recruited from 14 socioeconomically diverse schools in 2008. Survey questions were structured around the health beliefs model. The main outcome measure was intent to seek vaccination for daughter(s).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A quarter of parents completed questionnaires (769/3123). Two-thirds of respondents (67%) indicated they would want their daughter(s) to receive the vaccine, with no significant differences by ethnicity. Intent to vaccinate was significantly associated with having fewer negative views on vaccination (OR 0.47, 95%CI 0.37-0.59), having adequate information about the vaccine, perceiving HPV infection and cervical cancer as serious and likely to occur (OR 1.2, 95%CI 1.05-1.36), and considering efficacy and safety of the vaccine important (OR 1.17, 95%CI 1.06-1.28) (p<0.01). Awareness of HPV-related facts was lowest among Maori and Pacific parents (p<0.001). Pacific parents were more likely to have concerns about vaccination impacting negatively on girls' sexual behaviour.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strategies will be needed to provide detailed information outlining HPV prevalence and consequences, vaccine safety and efficacy to ensure all parents and their daughters are adequately informed when deciding on vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Research Centre, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand. Sally.Rose@otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Sally B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Beverley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: Tolotea S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lanumata
authors.forename: Merilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hibma
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines