title: Ethnic differences in perceived benefits and barriers to HPV vaccine acceptance: a qualitative analysis of young African American, Haitian, Caucasian, and Latino men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the attitudes toward human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among young men from African American, Haitian, Caucasian, and Latino backgrounds.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used in-person surveys at an urban teaching hospital from 2010 to 2012 to examine the racial and ethnic differences in the perceived benefits and barriers to HPV vaccination and vaccine mandate acceptance among 18- to 22-year-old African American, Haitian, Caucasian, and Latino men.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 89 men participated (35% African American, 29% Haitian, 20% Latino, and 16% white). Participants from all ethnic groups perceived benefits to HPV vaccination but differed in their perceptions of barriers to vaccination as well as their acceptance of a vaccine mandate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Culturally competent educational messages may overcome ethnic differences in the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding vaccination among college-aged men from an urban population.
authors.affiliation: 1Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pierre Joseph
authors.forename: Myrdell
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belizaire
authors.forename: Courtney L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: Jared P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esang
authors.forename: Ginette
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: Rebecca B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001900:Boston; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: African American; HPV vaccination; HPV-related cancer prevention; Haitian; Latino; human papillomavirus; immigrant; urban young adult heterosexual men