title: HPV Awareness and Vaccine Willingness Among Dominican Immigrant Parents Attending a Federal Qualified Health Clinic in Puerto Rico.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the socio-demographic characteristics, awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV), and willingness to vaccinate among a convenience sample of 60 immigrant Dominican parents of adolescent sons in a Federal Qualified Health Clinic in Puerto Rico. Participation involved completing a self-administered survey. Even though more than half of the parents had not received proper HPV vaccine orientation from healthcare provider (58.3 %) nor asked provider for vaccination recommendation for their adolescent sons (56.7 %), most parents were aware of HPV (91.7 %) and HPV vaccination among males (55.0 %). Among those with unvaccinated sons, willingness to vaccinate the son within the next year was high (83.8 %). The low vaccination percentage (31.7 %) and information exchange between the parents and the son's healthcare provider indicates an opportunity for future culturally tailored interventions to target HPV vaccination among healthcare providers and parents of foreign descent in order to increase HPV vaccine uptake among males.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR, 00936-5067, USA, vivian.colon@upr.edu.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colón-López
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Quiñones
authors.forename: Lizbeth M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Del Toro-Mejías
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conde-Toro
authors.forename: Michelle J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Serra-Rivera
authors.forename: Tania M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berdiel
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villanueva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004293:Dominican Republic / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011647:Puerto Rico; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines