Martinez Alyssa A, Gil Michelle, Shastri Surendranath S, Frietze Gabriel A
College of Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Department of Health Disparities Research, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Jan 7;22(1):69. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22010069.
Hispanic populations are disproportionately impacted by HPV-associated cancers. An HPV vaccine is available that protects against 90% of HPV-associated cancers. Understanding the factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake, including identifying whom individuals trust to recommend the HPV vaccine, is an important step toward developing public health interventions for promoting the HPV vaccine among Hispanic people. The purpose of this pilot study was to use a qualitative approach to identify trustworthy messengers to disseminate HPV vaccine information among Mexican American (MA) parents of children of 11-17 years of age. Three 90 min pilot focus groups with three to five participants in each group were conducted. The inclusion criteria included being 18 years of age or older, residing in El Paso, TX, identifying as MA, speaking English, and being a parent of a child between the ages of 11 and 17. Focus groups were conducted with 15 predominately female participants ( = 38.46, = 5.73; Female = 93.3%). A reoccurring theme throughout all three focus groups was that pediatricians, registered nurses, and pharmacists were identified as the most trusted sources of information. Findings from this study have implications for designing public health interventions that leverage pediatricians, registered nurses, and pharmacists to promote the HPV vaccine among parents.
西班牙裔人群受HPV相关癌症的影响尤为严重。有一种HPV疫苗可预防90%的HPV相关癌症。了解与HPV疫苗接种相关的因素，包括确定人们信任谁来推荐HPV疫苗，是制定公共卫生干预措施以促进西班牙裔人群接种HPV疫苗的重要一步。这项试点研究的目的是采用定性方法，确定值得信赖的信息传播者，以便在11至17岁儿童的墨西哥裔美国（MA）父母中传播HPV疫苗信息。开展了三个90分钟的试点焦点小组，每组有三至五名参与者。纳入标准包括年龄在18岁及以上、居住在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索、自认为是墨西哥裔美国人、会说英语以及是11至17岁儿童的父母。焦点小组由15名主要为女性的参与者组成（平均年龄 = 38.46岁，标准差 = 5.73岁；女性占93.3%）。在所有三个焦点小组中反复出现的一个主题是，儿科医生、注册护士和药剂师被认为是最值得信赖的信息来源。这项研究的结果对于设计利用儿科医生、注册护士和药剂师来促进父母接种HPV疫苗的公共卫生干预措施具有启示意义。
