title: HPV awareness, knowledge and attitudes among older African-American women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness, knowledge, and attitudes among older, church-going African-American women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (N = 759), aged 40-80, answered survey questions about HPV awareness, knowledge, and attitudes toward vaccination of adolescent daughters. Associations between participant characteristics and HPV items were assessed using chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Younger age, higher education, a family history of cancer, and less spirituality were each associated with HPV awareness individually, and when considered jointly in a single model (p values <.038). Higher education was related to HPV knowledge (p = .006).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  African-American women of older age, less education, no family history of cancer, and/or higher spirituality might benefit from targeted church-based HPV educational campaigns.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Kellie L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.affiliation: The University of Houston, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Houston, TX, USA. Lrreitzel@uh.edu.
authors.forename: Lorraine R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Reitzel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wetter
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Lorna H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: McNeill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D029181:Spirituality
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines