Understanding HPV Vaccine Hesitancy and What Helped Hesitant Adopter Parents Have Their Children Vaccinated Despite Their Hesitancy.
Rachel S Purvis, Ramey Moore, Don E Willis and 4 others
PMID 38127043WHAT IT FOUND
Parents who were hesitant but still vaccinated said provider conversations and clear information helped them decide.
They worried about side effects, the vaccine being new, and access, but protection against HPV cancer outweighed concerns.
Key findings
01Hesitant parents linked their worry to earlier adverse vaccination experiences and to seeing the HPV vaccine as new and not well tested.
02Protection and prevention against HPV-related outcomes were reported as the reason hesitant parents still chose vaccination.
03Trusted provider conversations helped parents decide, while some faced access barriers because regular clinics did not offer HPV vaccination.
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What it does not show
Only eight parents completed interviews, so the themes may be incomplete and cannot be generalized. The sample was mostly White, highly educated, and had healthcare coverage, and it lacked African American women. Participants were recruited from one rural state and from a survey sample, and many eligible people did not respond or attend interviews. The study did not test an intervention, so it cannot show that provider conversations or clear information caused vaccination. Parents' accounts were collected in English by Zoom, and all participants chose English, so experiences of Spanish-speaking families were not represented.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that a specific provider conversation or information strategy increases HPV vaccination. The study did not test an intervention. It reports what eight hesitant parents said helped them decide to vaccinate their child.