Guo Yuqi, Sims Omar T, Li Qingyi, Yang Fan
School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
J Migr Health. 2023 Jan 30;7:100161. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100161. eCollection 2023.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates for children of immigrant parents are substantially lower than US peers. This study aimed (1) to assess the prevalence of immigrant parents' unwillingness to vaccinate their daughters, (2) to compare by race/ethnicity the prevalence of immigrant parents' unwillingness to vaccinate their daughters, and (3) to examine predictors of the unwillingness stratified by race/ethnicity.
This study conducted a secondary analysis of data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). HPV-related data were extracted and analyzed from first-generation immigrant parents ( = 784) with daughters 11-12 years of age.
The frequency of unwillingness was high for all racial/ethnic groups (43-58%). Non-Hispanic White and Asian parents who were aware of or heard about the HPV vaccine were less likely to be unwilling to vaccinate their daughters. Also, older Hispanic immigrant parents were more likely to be unwilling to vaccinate their daughters for HPV.
To curb future incidences of HPV-related cervical cancers among second-generation immigrant women, efforts are needed to encourage first-generation immigrant parents to presently vaccinate their daughters for HPV.
父母为移民的儿童的人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗接种率显著低于美国同龄人。本研究旨在：（1）评估移民父母不愿为其女儿接种疫苗的比例；（2）按种族/民族比较移民父母不愿为其女儿接种疫苗的比例；（3）研究按种族/民族分层的不愿接种疫苗的预测因素。
本研究对来自《国家健康信息趋势调查》（HINTS）的数据进行了二次分析。从有11至12岁女儿的第一代移民父母（n = 784）中提取并分析了与HPV相关的数据。
所有种族/民族群体中不愿接种疫苗的比例都很高（43%-58%）。了解或听说过HPV疫苗的非西班牙裔白人和亚裔父母不太可能不愿为其女儿接种疫苗。此外，年龄较大的西班牙裔移民父母更有可能不愿为其女儿接种HPV疫苗。
为了遏制第二代移民女性未来HPV相关宫颈癌的发病率，需要努力鼓励第一代移民父母现在就为其女儿接种HPV疫苗。
