Destaw Alemnew, Yosef Tewodros, Bogale Biruk
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2021 May 17;7(5):e07051. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07051. eCollection 2021 May.
In Ethiopia, the human papillomavirus vaccine has been introduced since 2018. Since the vaccination program targets girls age 9-13, the success of vaccination depends on the parental decision and their willingness to vaccinate their daughters. Therefore, a study on parental willingness to vaccinate their daughter and factors associated is needed.
To assess parent's willingness to vaccinate their daughter against the human papillomavirus and its associated factors in Bench-Sheko Zone, southwest Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 502 participants in Bench-Sheko Zone, southwest Ethiopia. The participants were selected using a systematic random sampling method. Frequency tables, mean and standard deviation were used to summarize the data. A binary logistic regression using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with parental willingness to vaccinate their daughter. The level of significance was declared at P-value < 0.05.
Of the 502 participants interviewed, 399 (79.5%), 95% CI (76%, 83%) of parents were willing to vaccinate their daughter. The study found that primary education and above (AOR = 2.9, 95% CI [1.79, 4.95]), having good knowledge (AOR = 2.1, 95% CI [1.15, 4.10]) and positive attitude (AOR = 2, 95% CI [1.30, 3.41]) were significantly associated with parental willingness to vaccinate their daughter.
This study found that there was a high parental willingness to vaccinate their daughter against the human papillomavirus in the study area. Primary education and above, having good knowledge and positive attitude were factors associated with parental willingness to vaccinate their daughter. Therefore, providing health information's regarding human papillomavirus vaccination with emphasis to raise community awareness should be designed especially less educated parents need to be targeted.
在埃塞俄比亚，自2018年起引入了人乳头瘤病毒疫苗。由于疫苗接种计划的目标人群是9至13岁的女孩，接种疫苗的成功与否取决于父母的决定及其为女儿接种疫苗的意愿。因此，有必要开展一项关于父母为女儿接种疫苗的意愿及其相关因素的研究。
评估埃塞俄比亚西南部本奇-谢科地区父母为女儿接种人乳头瘤病毒疫苗的意愿及其相关因素。
在埃塞俄比亚西南部本奇-谢科地区的502名参与者中开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。参与者采用系统随机抽样方法选取。使用频率表、均值和标准差对数据进行汇总。采用二元逻辑回归以及双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析来确定与父母为女儿接种疫苗意愿相关的因素。显著性水平设定为P值<0.05。
在接受访谈的502名参与者中，399名（79.5%），95%置信区间（76%，83%）的父母愿意为女儿接种疫苗。研究发现，小学及以上学历（比值比=2.9，95%置信区间[1.79，4.95]）、具备良好知识（比值比=2.1，95%置信区间[1.15，4.10]）和积极态度（比值比=2，95%置信区间[1.30，3.41]）与父母为女儿接种疫苗的意愿显著相关。
本研究发现，研究地区父母为女儿接种人乳头瘤病毒疫苗的意愿较高。小学及以上学历、具备良好知识和积极态度是与父母为女儿接种疫苗意愿相关的因素。因此，应设计提供关于人乳头瘤病毒疫苗接种的健康信息，尤其要着重提高社区意识，应将目标对准受教育程度较低的父母。
