title: Human Papillomavirus Awareness in Haiti: Preparing for a National HPV Vaccination Program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cervical cancer morbidity and mortality are pressing public health issues that affect women in Haiti. To inform efforts to develop a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program in Haiti, we sought to understand HPV awareness and willingness to get HPV vaccination in Haiti.
  
  
  METHODS
  We interviewed a convenience sample of 475 women and men in 2 clinical settings in Port-au-Prince and Léogâne, Haiti between April and July 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  HPV awareness and willingness to get HPV vaccine for daughters.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Few participants (27%, 130/475) had heard of HPV. Awareness of HPV was higher among respondents with a previous sexually transmitted infection compared with those without a previous sexually transmitted infection (odds ratio, 2.38; 95% confidence interval, 1.10-5.13). Adults who had heard of genital warts were also more likely to be aware of HPV compared with those who had not (odds ratio, 4.37; 95% confidence interval, 2.59-7.38). Only 10% (24/250) of parents had previously heard of HPV vaccine; however, after researchers explained the purpose of the vaccine, nearly all (96%, 240/250) said they would be willing to get HPV vaccine for their daughters if it were available.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite low awareness of HPV in Haiti, interest in HPV vaccination was nearly universal in our study of health care-seeking adults. This high acceptability suggests that HPV vaccination programs instituted in Haiti would be well received.
authors: Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors: Margaret W
authors: MW
authors: Gichane
authors: Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors: William A
authors: WA
authors: Calo
authors: Family Health Ministries, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Schatzi H
authors: SH
authors: McCarthy
authors: Family Health Ministries, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Kathy A
authors: KA
authors: Walmer
authors: Department of Medicine, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Joel C
authors: JC
authors: Boggan
authors: Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Electronic address: ntb@unc.edu.
authors: Noel T
authors: NT
authors: Brewer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D008297:Male; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: Cervical cancer; HPV awareness; HPV vaccine; Haiti; Human papillomavirus