HPV vaccine acceptability among Kenyan women |
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| Authors: | Sylvia Becker-Dreps Walter Agingu Otieno Noel T Brewer Kawango Agot Jennifer S Smith |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA;2. Impact Research and Development Organization, Kisumu, Kenya;3. Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA;4. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
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| Abstract: | As human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines become available in less-developed countries, understanding women's attitudes towards HPV vaccines can help guide approaches to immunization programs. We assessed knowledge and interest in prophylactic HPV vaccines among Kenyan women seeking women's health services (N = 147). They knew little about cervical cancer or HPV vaccine. Most women (95%, 95% confidence interval CI]: 92%, 99%), however, were willing to have their daughters vaccinated with a vaccine that would prevent cervical cancer, with preference for an inexpensive vaccine requiring fewer doses. |
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| Keywords: | HPV Vaccine Africa Kenya Cervical cancer Acceptability |
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