Wang Weiyi
National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China.
National Telemedicine Center of China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):3429. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20944-5.
Men's involvement in and support for women's decision-making concerning human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is crucial. However, the support provided by men to promote HPV vaccination among women, as a crucial part of intimate relationships has received limited attention. This study examined the behaviors and willingness of young Chinese adult men to support HPV vaccination in women and explored potential factors influencing supportive behaviors and willingness.
From December 2020 to January 2021, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 1014 young men from eight universities in Zhejiang Province, China. The survey questionnaire assessed behaviors and willingness to support HPV vaccination, HPV-related knowledge, information seeking for male HPV vaccination, attitudes toward women's vaccination benefits, and sociodemographic variables. Multivariable logistic regression analyses adjusting for all covariates were used to identify factors associated with supportive behaviors and willingness.
Only 48.4% of respondents reported having acquired and shared information about HPV vaccination with loved ones, whereas 41.3% recommended HPV vaccination. Approximately 80% of the participants without supportive behaviors reported a willingness to support the vaccination. Positive attitudes toward the benefits of women's HPV vaccination, active seeking of information on male HPV vaccination, and relevant sociodemographic and health-related variables were associated with vaccination-supportive behaviors or willingness.
Young men expressed a relatively low level of support for female HPV vaccination. Promoting active information seeking regarding HPV vaccination among men and emphasizing the benefits of HPV vaccination for women could potentially foster more supportive behaviors. Targeted health education should include men to promote their involvement in shared decision-making regarding female HPV vaccinations.
男性参与并支持女性关于人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗接种的决策至关重要。然而，作为亲密关系的关键部分，男性为促进女性接种HPV疫苗所提供的支持受到的关注有限。本研究调查了中国年轻成年男性支持女性接种HPV疫苗的行为和意愿，并探讨了影响支持行为和意愿的潜在因素。
2020年12月至2021年1月，对来自中国浙江省八所大学的1014名年轻男性进行了一项横断面研究。调查问卷评估了支持HPV疫苗接种的行为和意愿、HPV相关知识、男性HPV疫苗接种的信息寻求、对女性接种疫苗益处的态度以及社会人口统计学变量。使用调整所有协变量的多变量逻辑回归分析来确定与支持行为和意愿相关的因素。
只有48.4%的受访者报告获取并与亲人分享了HPV疫苗接种的信息，而41.3%的受访者推荐了HPV疫苗接种。约80%没有支持行为的参与者表示愿意支持接种。对女性HPV疫苗接种益处的积极态度、积极寻求男性HPV疫苗接种的信息以及相关的社会人口统计学和健康相关变量与支持疫苗接种的行为或意愿相关。
年轻男性对女性HPV疫苗接种的支持水平相对较低。促进男性积极寻求HPV疫苗接种的信息，并强调HPV疫苗接种对女性的益处，可能会促进更多的支持行为。有针对性的健康教育应纳入男性，以促进他们参与关于女性HPV疫苗接种的共同决策。
