a Department of Communication , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina , USA.
J Health Commun. 2014;19(7):813-24. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2013.864728. Epub 2014 Feb 28.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) represents a significant public health burden because of its widespread prevalence, its links to genital warts and cancers, and the negative psychosocial impact of HPV infection and diagnosis. Scholars have attributed some of these negative effects to insufficient knowledge and information about HPV, prompting research on women's HPV information preferences; however, little is known about how women obtain, avoid, and use this information. To address this lacuna, we designed a study to trace the information management processes of women with HPV. Our analysis of interviews with 25 women living with HPV revealed a common sequence of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to the HPV diagnosis. The authors review these findings and articulate their relevance and importance to research, theory, and practice in the discussion.
人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）因其广泛的流行率、与生殖器疣和癌症的关联，以及 HPV 感染和诊断的负面心理社会影响，给公共健康带来了重大负担。学者们将这些负面影响中的一些归因于对 HPV 的了解和信息不足，这促使人们对女性的 HPV 信息偏好进行了研究；然而，关于女性如何获取、避免和使用这些信息，我们知之甚少。为了解决这一空白，我们设计了一项研究来追踪 HPV 女性的信息管理过程。我们对 25 名 HPV 感染者的访谈进行了分析，揭示了 HPV 诊断后女性常见的一系列情绪、认知和行为反应。作者回顾了这些发现，并在讨论中阐述了它们对研究、理论和实践的相关性和重要性。
