Maness Sarah B, Reitzel Lorraine R, Watkins Kellie L, McNeill Lorna H
Assistant Professor, The University of Oklahoma, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Norman, OK.
Associate Professor, Joint senior scientist, The University of Houston, Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences, Social Determinants/Health Disparities Lab, Houston, TX;, Email:
Am J Health Behav. 2016 Nov;40(6):771-778. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.40.6.9.
The purpose of this exploratory study was to improve understanding of the sociodemographic correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness, knowledge, and vaccination attitudes in a convenience sample of church-going, African-American women and how knowledge about HPV-related cancers relates to vaccination attitudes for girls and boys.
Participants (N = 308) answered survey questions about HPV awareness, knowledge, and vaccination attitudes. Associations between variables were assessed using Bonferroni-adjusted chi-square tests and regression analyses.
Younger age was associated with having heard of HPV and willingness to vaccinate a daughter or son in covariate-adjusted analyses. Younger age and greater education were associated with knowledge that HPV causes cervical cancer. A positive association existed between willingness to vaccinate a daughter or son based on knowledge of the number of cancers associated with HPV. Knowledge that HPV was related to non-cervical cancers was significantly associated with greater willingness to vaccinate sons.
Knowledge that HPV causes multiple cancers is important to willingness to vaccinate a child. Education campaigns should emphasize that HPV is also related to non-cervical cancers. African-American women of older age and less education might benefit from church-based HPV educational campaigns.
本探索性研究旨在增进对参加教会活动的非裔美国女性便利样本中人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）知晓率、知识水平及疫苗接种态度的社会人口学相关因素的理解，以及了解HPV相关癌症的知识与女孩和男孩疫苗接种态度之间的关系。
参与者（N = 308）回答了关于HPV知晓率、知识水平及疫苗接种态度的调查问题。使用Bonferroni校正卡方检验和回归分析评估变量之间的关联。
在协变量调整分析中，年龄较小与听说过HPV以及愿意为女儿或儿子接种疫苗相关。年龄较小和受教育程度较高与知晓HPV会导致宫颈癌相关。基于对与HPV相关癌症数量的了解，为女儿或儿子接种疫苗的意愿之间存在正相关。知晓HPV与非宫颈癌相关与为儿子接种疫苗的意愿显著相关。
知晓HPV会导致多种癌症对于为儿童接种疫苗的意愿很重要。教育活动应强调HPV也与非宫颈癌相关。年龄较大且受教育程度较低的非裔美国女性可能会从基于教会的HPV教育活动中受益。
