Intention of Mothers in Israel to Vaccinate their Sons against the Human Papilloma Virus

Natan, Merav Ben; Midlej, Kareem; Mitelman, Olga; Vafiliev, Katya

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2017.01.001

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“…Although minorities are often vaccinated to a lower extent, there are exceptions. For instance, in the Arabic community in Israel, boys and young men have high vaccine uptake [ 85 , 94 ]. Also, sociodemographic disadvantage is an important factor which is difficult to disentangle from ethnicity.…”

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Barriers towards HPV Vaccinations for Boys and Young Men: A Narrative Review

Grandahl

Nevéus

2021

Viruses

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Background: HPV vaccination of both girls and boys can protect against infection and eliminate the risk for HPV-associated cancer. Due to a common misconception that the virus only poses risks to women, vaccine coverage is suboptimal among men in many countries. It is urgent to identify barriers to vaccination of boys and men. Methods: We conducted a narrative review of publications examining attitudes and beliefs regarding HPV vaccination for boys and young men. The electronic databases searched were PubMed, PsychInfo and Scopus (December 2020; last update July 2021). A total of 103 original articles were included in the final analysis. Results: The central barriers against vaccination of boys and men are: (1) lack of knowledge, (2) vaccine hesitancy in general, (3) lack of recommendation from and/or discussions with healthcare providers, (4) cost and logistics, and (5) the idea that HPV vaccination may promote promiscuity. Men who have sex with men and families belonging to ethnic minorities express a need for information tailored to their situation. Conclusions: Boys should be included in national immunization programs and men should also be offered catch-up vaccinations. Future studies should focus on addressing vaccine hesitancy and developing interventions to promote pan-gender HPV vaccination.

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Barriers towards HPV Vaccinations for Boys and Young Men: A Narrative Review

Grandahl

Nevéus

2021

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“…In Israel, several parents are hesitant to vaccinate their sons [39,40] due to cultural and religious beliefs. In our study, we found that parents that had been strongly advised by medical providers to vaccinate their children were less reluctant to postpone or to refuse to immunize their sons, being more convinced of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.…”

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Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Attitudes and Practices Towards Anti-HPV Vaccination Among Israeli Pediatricians, Gynecologists, and Internal Medicine Doctors: Development and Validation of an Ad Hoc Questionnaire

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a highly widespread virus which is responsible for one of the most common sexually transmitted infections. Two main preventative strategies exist: anti-HPV vaccination and cervical screening. Health-care workers play a key role in promoting public health campaigns; however, vaccine hesitancy is an often under-recognized challenge. To investigate the overall knowledge of HPV and HPV-related issues, as well as the attitudes and practices of health professionals towards recommending the anti-HPV vaccine, an ad hoc knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) questionnaire was developed and validated in a sample of 139 Israeli pediatricians, gynecologists, and internal medicine doctors. The KAP questionnaire was found to be psychometrically valid and sound (with an rKR-20 coefficient of 0.74 for the second part and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.85 for the third part). Furthermore, the present study confirmed the importance of health-care providers in recommending the immunization practice. Parents that had been strongly advised by health-care providers to vaccinate their children accepted immunization for their girls (odds ratio (OR) 1.09 (95% CI 1.04–1.14)) and boys (OR 1.06 (95% CI 1.02–1.10)), had a lower probability of deciding to postpone the immunization appointment (OR 0.81 (95% CI 0.66–0.98)), had fewer doubts and concerns about the vaccine (OR 0.69 (95% CI 0.54–0.89)), and had a lower probability of refusing the vaccination (OR 0.93 (95% CI 0.86–0.99)). Interestingly, the use of new, emerging tools such as ad hoc websites, applications, and other interactive devices reduced vaccine hesitancy (OR 0.90 (95% CI 0.82–0.99)) and concerns about the side-effects of the vaccine (OR 0.92 (95% CI 0.86–0.99)). However, among Israeli health-care workers, knowledge was generally moderate, with updated information lacking in about 30% of surveyed health-care providers and approximately 20% of them not recommending the anti-HPV vaccine among boys. This study has practical implications for policy- and decision-makers in that they should be aware of the overall level of knowledge among health-care workers and should implement ad hoc educational interventions to address gaps in knowledge and help medical providers routinely recommend the anti-HPV vaccine both to male and female children and adolescents.

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“…Health Belief Model (HBM) dimensions 8,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . The use of quantitative measures in the above studies have mixed level of reliability and validity.…”

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Risk Perception in Childhood Vaccination Questionnaire: A Validation Study on Pregnant Mothers in Malaysia

Nazori

Ismail

Rasudin

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Quantitative study on risk perception in vaccination encompasses various theoretical basis, health context, and psychometric validity and reliability. In the context of basic childhood vaccination, there was a lack of locally validated and reliable instrument to measure risk perception for vaccine-preventable disease. As such, this study aimed to validate and assess reliability of developed instruments in Malay language. Items were generated from available items in previous research and adopting recommendations on operationalising the construct. Generated items were measured for content validity index by seven experts, tested for factorial validity using exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using structural equation modelling. Reliability was established using Cronbach’s alpha. Seven items measured perceived likelihood whereas eight items measured perceived severity. Reliability index was 0.97 for perceived likelihood and 0.94 for perceived severity. CFA on second-order measurement model revealed satisfactory model fit χ2/df (1.55), CFI 0.96, TLI 0.95, and RMSEA 0.11. The average variance explained was 0.73 for perceived likelihood and 0.73 for perceived severity and CR was 0.95 and 0.96 for perceived likelihood and perceived severity, respectively. Both constructs showed significant positive correlation (r = 0.19, p < 0.01) with each other indicating divergent validity. Thus, the Malay risk perception questionnaire established good content, factorial, and divergent validity, as well as good reliability on Cronbach’s alpha. The instrument should be valuable to re-examine risk perception’s role in the resurgence of vaccine hesitancy in the local population.

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Intention of Mothers in Israel to Vaccinate their Sons against the Human Papilloma Virus

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Barriers towards HPV Vaccinations for Boys and Young Men: A Narrative Review

Barriers towards HPV Vaccinations for Boys and Young Men: A Narrative Review

Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Attitudes and Practices Towards Anti-HPV Vaccination Among Israeli Pediatricians, Gynecologists, and Internal Medicine Doctors: Development and Validation of an Ad Hoc Questionnaire

Risk Perception in Childhood Vaccination Questionnaire: A Validation Study on Pregnant Mothers in Malaysia

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