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. 2017 Nov 24:4:2333794X17743405.
doi: 10.1177/2333794X17743405. eCollection 2017.

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Sources of Information and Adolescents' Knowledge and Perceptions

Brittany L Rosen  1 , Marcia L Shew  2 , Gregory D Zimet  2 , Lili Ding  1   3 , Tanya L K Mullins  1   3 , Jessica A Kahn  1   3
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Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Sources of Information and Adolescents' Knowledge and Perceptions

Brittany L Rosen et al. Glob Pediatr Health. .

Abstract

Understanding where adolescents obtain information about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines may be helpful in designing public health interventions promoting HPV vaccination. This study assessed the following: (1) exposure to specific sources of information about HPV vaccines, (2) self-reported helpfulness of these sources of information, and (3) whether the specific source of information was associated with knowledge and perceptions about HPV vaccines among adolescent girls. There were 339 adolescent girls (mean age = 16.8 years) recruited into the study. Television advertisements, the Internet, doctors/nurses, and mothers were the most frequently reported sources of vaccine information; more than 90% of participants who received information from these sources reported they were helpful. Adolescents who received information about HPV vaccines from television advertisements, the Internet, clinicians, and mothers had higher knowledge about HPV vaccines and more positive perceptions. Assuring the accuracy of messages from these sources will be essential, given their importance in influencing adolescents' knowledge and perceptions about HPV vaccines.

Keywords: adolescents; human papillomavirus vaccine; information; knowledge; perceptions.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr. Kahn served as the chair of a grant review committee for a grant program sponsored by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, which provided funding for public health demonstration projects to improve adolescent vaccination. Funding for the grant program was provided by Merck. Dr. Kahn has also served as cochair of two clinical trials of an HPV vaccine in HIV-infected individuals; these studies were funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health, but Merck provided vaccines and immunogenicity testing. Dr. Zimet has received funding for investigator-initiated HPV-related research from Merck and from Roche Diagnostics. Dr. Shew has and is currently participating as an investigator for Merck and Co, Inc, related HPV vaccine trials. She has received salary support for her efforts.

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