Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Acceptability Among Young Adult Men

Abstract

Informing men about the benefits of male HPV vaccination for reducing cervical cancer risk in women did not increase men's interest in the vaccine. Correlates of vaccine acceptability among men were generally consistent with those identified for women. Findings have important implications for future HPV vaccination campaigns targeting young adult men.

Human papillomavirus infection and vaccination: Knowledge and attitudes among young males in Italy

“…33,34 In the current study, it was seen that those who agree that the HPV vaccine is important for males as a preventive intervention for cancers HPV-related were, as expected, more willingness to receive the vaccine. This is in agreement with previous findings in similar surveys 17,20,40,46 and among adolescent girls or their parents the intention to vaccinate was significantly associated with the belief that vaccination was a good way to protect against cancer. 27,47 The main source of information was mass media rather than physicians and parents and because both are an important source of knowledge, the results that only a minority of the respondents obtained the information through these 2 sources is disappointing.…”

“…7,8 In Italy, the vaccination is currently recommended and provided free for girls aged 11 and 12 y, and only in few geographic areas also for men. Numerous studies in different countries have evaluated individuals' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward the vaccination mainly among health care providers, [9][10][11] adolescents, [13][14][15][16] and women and men for themselves [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] or for their adolescent daughters [26][27][28] or sons. [29][30][31] Unfortunately all these issues among young males have only been studied to a limited extent.…”

Conocimientos y conductas preventivas sobre cáncer cérvico-uterino y virus papiloma humano en un grupo de adolescentes chilenas

“…La alta incidencia de infección por VPH está asociada al inicio precoz de la actividad sexual, mayor frecuencia de actividad sexual en la etapa de adolescentes y adultos jóvenes y mayor número de parejas sexuales 1,7,8,17 . En relación a la edad de inicio de actividad sexual en este estudio, los resultados coinciden con los reportados por investigaciones previas en nuestro país 18,19 .…”

“…l virus papiloma humano (VPH) es una infección de transmisión sexual (ITS) frecuente entre mujeres y hombres, bastante común en población joven 1 , y reconocido como el factor de riesgo más importante para desarrollar cáncer cérvico-uterino (CC). Dada la presencia de una vacuna contra el VPH, junto a un tamizaje conocido, el CC es considerado uno de los cánceres más fácilmente prevenibles 2 .…”

HPV in West Virginia: Exploring Human Papilloma Virus Education, Prevention, and Beliefs

“…8 Highrisk HPV strains are linked the most to cervical cancers, however, other HPV-linked cancers as previously mentioned have high statistical significance of cause and effect and could also be prevented with vaccination. 9 There is no educational campaign currently available regarding the effects of HPV in men comparable to a campaign against cervical cancer for women.…”