“Who will take the blame?”: Understanding the reasons why Romanian mothers decline HPV vaccination for their daughters

Crăciun, Catrinel; Băban, Adriana

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.09.016

Cited by 84 publications

(85 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This agreed with other studies that reported fear of side effects, perceiving the vaccine as risky and belief that vaccine is experimental, low knowledge of HPV vaccine and cervical cancer and not participating in routine cervical smear as reasons for reduced intention to vaccinate and uptake of HPV vaccination for their daughters [15,[17][18][19][20][21].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Parental consent is needed for the vaccination of minors, hence parental knowledge, attitude to and acceptance to vaccinate their daughters would to a good extent determine the success of the HPV vaccination program. Factors such as vaccine awareness, child age, perceived access to the vaccine, societal norms, religious inclination, stigmatization against sexually transmitted infection, vaccine safety & suspect of potential long-term adverse outcome, perception about disease susceptibility and severity, interaction with clinicians, the need to involve the adolescent in decision and mother's cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer experience are thought to influence the uptake of HPV vaccination [15][16][17][18][19][20]. Giffioen et al in their study among mothers who had vaccinated their daughters found that mothers health related beliefs and experience were the most frequently noted factors in decision to vaccinate their daughters.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus in Adolescent Girls: Mother’s Knowledge, Attitude, Desire and Practice in Nigeria

Ogochukwu¹,

Akabueze²,

Ezeome³

et al. 2017

J Infect Dis Preve

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus in Adolescent Girls: Mother’s Knowledge, Attitude, Desire and Practice in Nigeria

Ogochukwu¹,

Akabueze²,

Ezeome³

et al. 2017

J Infect Dis Preve

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In the 29 articles that studied HPV vaccination , the most common concerns identified were about safety, and particularly unknown adverse reactions that might develop long after vaccination [104][105][106][107][108][109][110]112,113,[115][116][117][118][119][120][123][124][125][126][127][129][130][131][132]. These concerns often came with discussion around the newness of the vaccine [104,107,112,113,117,126,129], and claims that it has not been tested long enough [104,105,107,115,122,[129][130][131].…”

Section: Hpv Vaccinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The benefit of the doubt or doubts over benefits? A systematic literature review of perceived risks of vaccines in European populations

Karafillakis

Larson

2017

Vaccine

249

206

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Findings: A total of 145 articles were selected, most of which were conducted in the UK, the Netherlands and France and studied seasonal influenza, HPV and pandemic influenza vaccination. Across all countries and vaccines, the primary area of concern was vaccine safety, followed by perceptions of low likelihood of contracting vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), perceived low severity of VPDs, beliefs that vaccines do not work, and overall lack of information. Concerns were found to be vaccine-, country-and populationspecific. Conclusion: In addition to identifying concerns about vaccination in Europe, this study confirmed the notion that individuals have many safety concerns about vaccination and often believe that the risks of vaccination outweigh their benefits. More research needs to be conducted to explore the impact of different types of communication strategies, which would frame the benefits of vaccination as well as risks of not vaccinating. Strategies to better inform public perceptions of vaccines should include the provision of unbiased, comprehensive information tailored to population information needs, and delivered using multiple and new communication technologies such as social media.

show abstract

“…However, a very small percentage of girls were vaccinated. Although there have been other attempts at vaccination launched by healthcare officials in Romania, the acceptance rate remained insignificant and programmes were discontinued (11,12). A successful vaccination programme requires a high rate of acceptance and accurate information targeting both health professionals and parents.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Knowledge and Attitudes among Parents of Children Aged 10-14 Years: a Cross-sectional Study, Tîrgu Mureş, Romania

Voidăzan¹,

Tarcea²,

Morariu³

et al. 2016

Cent Eur J Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SUMMARYAim: Romania ranks first in Europe in terms of mortality from cervical cancer, recording 6.3 times more deaths than the mean in EU countries. Although vaccination campaigns were launched by health officials in Romania, the acceptance rate remained insignificant and programmes were discontinued. A successful vaccination programme requires a high rate of acceptance and accurate information for health professionals and parents. The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of parental knowledge about human papilomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV vaccination including the information obtained from general practitioners and identification of barriers in implementing a vaccination strategy.Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire for the parents of pupils in grades 5-8, in three randomly selected secondary schools in Tîrgu Mureş, Romania.Results: We surveyed 918 parents. Of the respondents, 85.8% have heard of HPV infection. Most reported an average level of knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccination. The two main sources of information were specialized healthcare professionals (42.8% for HPV infection, 39.1% for HPV vaccination) and the Internet browsing (42.3% and 42.9%, respectively). Based on current knowledge, only one third of parents would have their child vaccinated against HPV infection. According to most parents surveyed, the main reasons for not wanting to have their child vaccinated is the fear of side effects; the vaccine is new and insufficiently studied; or parents do not know details about the vaccine.Conclusions: The parents showed the average level of knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccination. The implementation of an effective programme to increase the acceptance rate of HPV vaccination requires educational strategies aimed at involving parents and their children and supported by general practitioners and public health professionals.

show abstract

“Who will take the blame?”: Understanding the reasons why Romanian mothers decline HPV vaccination for their daughters

Cited by 84 publications

References 18 publications

Vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus in Adolescent Girls: Mother’s Knowledge, Attitude, Desire and Practice in Nigeria

Vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus in Adolescent Girls: Mother’s Knowledge, Attitude, Desire and Practice in Nigeria

The benefit of the doubt or doubts over benefits? A systematic literature review of perceived risks of vaccines in European populations

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Knowledge and Attitudes among Parents of Children Aged 10-14 Years: a Cross-sectional Study, Tîrgu Mureş, Romania

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About