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Low Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Knowledge Among Latino Parents in Utah

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Latinas have the highest incidence of cervical cancer, yet Latino parents/guardians’ knowledge about and willingness to have their children receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is unknown. Latino parents/guardians (N = 67) of children aged 11–17 were recruited from two community organizations to complete a survey, including HPV vaccine knowledge, child’s uptake, demographic characteristics, and acculturation. Descriptive statistics and correlates of parents’ HPV knowledge and uptake were calculated using Chi square tests and multivariable logistic regression. Receipt of at least one dose of the HPV vaccine was moderate for daughters (49.1 %) and low for sons (23.4 %). Parents/guardians reported limited knowledge as the main barrier to vaccine receipt. Among parents/guardians with vaccinated daughters, 92.6 % did not know the vaccine requires three doses. Adjusting for income, low-acculturated parents were more likely than high-acculturated parents to report inadequate information (OR 8.59, 95 % CI 2.11–34.92). Interventions addressing low knowledge and children’s uptake of the HPV vaccine are needed among Latino parents/guardians.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge and thank the participants for their time and valuable contributions to this study. We would also like to thank Ke Zhang for his help with data management, Guadalupe Tovar for her assistance with focus group facilitation, and the community organizations, Alliance Community services and Communidades Unidas for their help recruiting participants. This research was supported by a University of Utah College of Nursing research grant, the Huntsman Cancer Institute Foundation, the Huntsman Cancer Institute Cancer Control and Population Sciences Pilot Award and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 1ULTR001067. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

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  1. Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope, Rm 4144, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    Deanna Kepka, Echo L. Warner & Kathi Mooney

  2. College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Deanna Kepka & Kathi Mooney

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Anita Y. Kinney

  4. University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Anita Y. Kinney

  5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Michael G. Spigarelli

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Kepka, D., Warner, E.L., Kinney, A.Y. et al. Low Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Knowledge Among Latino Parents in Utah. J Immigrant Minority Health 17, 125–131 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-014-0003-1

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