title: Physicians' current use and preferences for male HPV vaccine-related patient education materials.
abstract: Understanding physician preferences for educational materials to support male HPV vaccination is critical to improving vaccine uptake. Pediatric (Peds) and Family Medicine (FM) physicians in Florida completed a survey from May-August 2014 assessing current use of male-specific HPV vaccination patient education materials, and preferences for materials to increase HPV vaccination uptake. Peds and FM responses were compared with chi-squared or nonparametric tests. Most participants were FM (53.2%), White (66.6%), non-Hispanic (74.1%), and provided male patients/parents with HPV educational materials (59.1%). More than half (55.5%) provided a CDC factsheet for parents. Peds were more likely to indicate they provide educational materials (p<0.0001) than FM. The preferred source was the CDC (77.8%). Peds preferred using a factsheet as the medium of information more often than FM (85.6% vs. 68.0%; p<0.0001). When asked about preferences for targeted materials, 74.8% of providers indicated they would prefer materials targeted towards patients, 63.2% preferred information targeted towards parents, and 20.7% indicated they prefer non-targeted materials. Future research should focus on the development and testing of new HPV vaccine-specific materials and communication strategies for Peds and FM physicians.
authors.affiliation: Moffitt Cancer Center, Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, 4115 East Fowler Avenue, MFC-CRISP, Tampa, FL 33617, United States; Moffitt Cancer Center, Center for Infection Research in Cancer, 12902 Magnolia Drive, MRC-CANCONT, Tampa, FL 33612, United States. Electronic address: Monica.Kasting@moffitt.org.
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kasting
authors.affiliation: Moffitt Cancer Center, Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, 4115 East Fowler Avenue, MFC-CRISP, Tampa, FL 33617, United States. Electronic address: Paige.Lake@moffitt.org.
authors.forename: Paige
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lake
authors.affiliation: Moffitt Cancer Center, Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, 4115 East Fowler Avenue, MFC-CRISP, Tampa, FL 33617, United States; Moffitt Cancer Center, Center for Infection Research in Cancer, 12902 Magnolia Drive, MRC-CANCONT, Tampa, FL 33612, United States; University of South Florida, College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 44, Tampa, FL 33612, United States. Electronic address: Susan.Vadaparampil@moffitt.org.
authors.forename: Susan T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Vadaparampil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: Education; Health communication; Human papillomavirus vaccines; Males; Physicians; Primary care