title: Providers' attitudes toward human papillomavirus vaccination in young men: challenges for implementation of 2011 recommendations.
abstract: Providers' attitudes toward male human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination may influence the implementation of new guidelines. Although 24 of 31 (77%) Pediatric and Family Medicine providers interviewed between 2009 and 2010 favored vaccinating males, only 3 (12%) offered vaccination. Providers who did not offer vaccination felt that parents would not be interested in vaccinating sons and were largely unaware of serious HPV-related disease in males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. rebecca.perkins@bmc.org
authors.forename: Rebecca B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines