Zucker Rachel A, Reiter Paul L, Mayer Melissa K, Brewer Noel T
a UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
J Health Commun. 2015;20(7):783-9. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018577. Epub 2015 May 7.
During and after the 2011 Republican presidential debate, a candidate questioned the safety of HPV vaccine. The authors aimed to determine the effect of these comments on parents. A national sample of 327 parents with adolescent sons ages 11-17 years completed online surveys in fall 2010 (baseline, about 1 year before the debate) and 2011 (follow-up, about 1 month after the debate). The authors used regression models to examine the association of parents' awareness of the candidate's comments with HPV vaccine initiation among their sons, their willingness to get sons free HPV vaccine, and their beliefs about potential harms of HPV vaccine. Overall, 17% of parents reported hearing about the Republican presidential candidate's comments about HPV vaccine. Parents aware of the comments had a larger increase between baseline and follow-up in the belief that HPV vaccine might cause short-term health problems compared with parents who were not aware. Although the candidate's comments may have increased some parents' beliefs about the short-term harms of HPV vaccine, the comments had no effect on other beliefs, willingness to vaccinate, or behavior. Having accurate information about HPV vaccine that is readily available to the public during such controversies may diminish their effect.
在2011年共和党总统辩论期间及之后，一名候选人对人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗的安全性提出质疑。作者旨在确定这些言论对家长的影响。2010年秋季（基线，辩论前约1年）和2011年（随访，辩论后约1个月），对全国范围内327名有11至17岁青春期儿子的家长进行了在线调查。作者使用回归模型来研究家长对候选人言论的知晓情况与儿子接种HPV疫苗、家长让儿子免费接种HPV疫苗的意愿以及家长对HPV疫苗潜在危害的看法之间的关联。总体而言，17%的家长表示听说过共和党总统候选人关于HPV疫苗的言论。与不知情的家长相比，知晓这些言论的家长在基线和随访之间更倾向于认为HPV疫苗可能会导致短期健康问题。尽管候选人的言论可能增加了一些家长对HPV疫苗短期危害的看法，但这些言论对其他看法、接种意愿或行为没有影响。在这类争议期间向公众提供关于HPV疫苗的准确信息可能会减少其影响。
