HPV vaccine for teen boys: Dyadic analysis of parents' and sons' beliefs and willingness |
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| Institution: | 1. Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States;2. College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States;3. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States;1. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal H3A 1B1, Quebec, Canada;2. Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal H3T 1E4, Quebec, Canada;3. Rural Clinical School Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia;4. Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom;5. Indiana University School of Medicine, Section of Adolescent Medicine, 410 West 10th Street, HS 1001, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;6. Louise Granofsky-Psychosocial Oncology Program, Segal Cancer Center, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal H3T 1E4, Quebec, Canada |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveParents and adolescents often decide together whether the child should receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. However, few studies have investigated the dyadic nature of beliefs that affect this process.MethodData came from the 2010 HPV Immunization in Sons (HIS) Study, a national sample of 412 parents and their adolescent sons. We conducted dyadic multivariate logistic regression to examine the relationships between parents' and sons' HPV vaccine beliefs and their willingness to have the son receive the vaccine.ResultsLess than half of parents and sons were willing to have the sons receive HPV vaccine (43% and 29%, respectively). Willing parents and sons anticipated greater regret if the son did not receive HPV vaccine but later contracted an HPV infection (parent odds ratio OR] = 1.72, 95% confidence interval CI] = 1.24–2.40; son OR = 1.51, 95% CI = 1.04–2.19) (both p < .05). Lower concerns about side effects, such as pain and fainting, were also associated with willingness.ConclusionParents and sons were more willing to have the son receive HPV vaccine if they had higher anticipated regret about potential HPV infection and lower concerns about side effects. Communication campaigns may be able to target these beliefs to increase parents' and sons' willingness to seek HPV vaccination. |
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