Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3500, USA.
J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2010 Jan;14(1):43-8. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181b0fad4.
To determine parents' opinions about school-entry mandates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
During the summer of 2008, 325 parents, with children 9 to 17 years old, completed a 53-question survey that evaluated their opinions about vaccines, HPV and the HPV vaccine, and mandatory childhood vaccination programs. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all survey items.
Although 89% of parents supported mandatory vaccination programs in general, only 43% thought that the HPV vaccine should be included. The main reasons for nonsupport included that it would infringe on their rights (57%), that the vaccine had not been well studied (33%), and that it had too many adverse effects (29%). Of all parents, 13% said their children had already received the HPV vaccine and 81% wanted their children to receive it.
At this point, although most parents want their children to receive the HPV vaccine, most do not support it being mandated. The provision of more safety data to parents should help improve overall HPV vaccination rates.
了解家长对人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗入学强制接种的意见。
2008 年夏季，325 名家长（其子女年龄为 9 至 17 岁）完成了一份 53 个问题的调查问卷，内容包括他们对疫苗、HPV 和 HPV 疫苗以及儿童常规免疫接种计划的意见。对所有调查项目进行了描述性统计。
尽管 89%的家长总体上支持常规免疫接种计划，但只有 43%的家长认为 HPV 疫苗应该被纳入其中。不支持的主要原因包括这会侵犯他们的权利（57%）、疫苗尚未得到充分研究（33%）以及存在太多不良反应（29%）。所有家长中，有 13%的家长表示其子女已接种 HPV 疫苗，81%的家长希望其子女接种。
目前，尽管大多数家长希望其子女接种 HPV 疫苗，但大多数家长不支持将其纳入强制接种计划。向家长提供更多安全性数据应该有助于提高 HPV 疫苗的总体接种率。
