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Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent

Objective. To compare knowledge and attitudes of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccine between different cultures of African descent. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of 555 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans residing in the US and the Bahamas (BHM) was conducted. Results. General knowledge...

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Autores principales: Blackman, Elizabeth, Thurman, Natalie, Halliday, Darron, Butler, Raleigh, Francis, Dorita, Joseph, Madeline, Thompson, Jahzreel, Akers, Aletha, Andraos-Selim, Cecile, Bondzi, Cornelius, Taioli, Emanuela, Hagan, Kourtney L., Jones, Erin A., Jones, Jade, Moss, Cierra M., Smith, Ar'Lena C., Ashing, Kimlin Tam, Ragin, Camille C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/428582
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author Blackman, Elizabeth
Thurman, Natalie
Halliday, Darron
Butler, Raleigh
Francis, Dorita
Joseph, Madeline
Thompson, Jahzreel
Akers, Aletha
Andraos-Selim, Cecile
Bondzi, Cornelius
Taioli, Emanuela
Hagan, Kourtney L.
Jones, Erin A.
Jones, Jade
Moss, Cierra M.
Smith, Ar'Lena C.
Ashing, Kimlin Tam
Ragin, Camille C.
author_facet Blackman, Elizabeth
Thurman, Natalie
Halliday, Darron
Butler, Raleigh
Francis, Dorita
Joseph, Madeline
Thompson, Jahzreel
Akers, Aletha
Andraos-Selim, Cecile
Bondzi, Cornelius
Taioli, Emanuela
Hagan, Kourtney L.
Jones, Erin A.
Jones, Jade
Moss, Cierra M.
Smith, Ar'Lena C.
Ashing, Kimlin Tam
Ragin, Camille C.
author_sort Blackman, Elizabeth
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description Objective. To compare knowledge and attitudes of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccine between different cultures of African descent. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of 555 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans residing in the US and the Bahamas (BHM) was conducted. Results. General knowledge about HPV and the HPV vaccine differed between the two countries significantly. Bahamian respondents were less likely to have higher numbers of correct knowledge answers when compared to Americans (Adjusted Odds Ratio [Adj. OR] 0.47, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 0.30–0.75). Older age, regardless of location, was also associated with answering fewer questions correctly (Adj. OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.40–0.92). Attitudes related to HPV vaccination were similar between the US and BHM, but nearly 80% of BHM respondents felt that children should not be able to receive the vaccine without parental consent compared to 57% of American respondents. Conclusions. Grave lack of knowledge, safety and cost concerns, and influence of parental restrictions may negatively impact vaccine uptake among African-American and Afro-Caribbean persons. Interventions to increase the vaccine uptake in the Caribbean must include medical provider and parental involvement. Effective strategies for education and increasing vaccine uptake in BHM are crucial for decreasing cervical cancer burden in the Caribbean.
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spelling pubmed-37301532013-08-16 Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent Blackman, Elizabeth Thurman, Natalie Halliday, Darron Butler, Raleigh Francis, Dorita Joseph, Madeline Thompson, Jahzreel Akers, Aletha Andraos-Selim, Cecile Bondzi, Cornelius Taioli, Emanuela Hagan, Kourtney L. Jones, Erin A. Jones, Jade Moss, Cierra M. Smith, Ar'Lena C. Ashing, Kimlin Tam Ragin, Camille C. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Research Article Objective. To compare knowledge and attitudes of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccine between different cultures of African descent. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of 555 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans residing in the US and the Bahamas (BHM) was conducted. Results. General knowledge about HPV and the HPV vaccine differed between the two countries significantly. Bahamian respondents were less likely to have higher numbers of correct knowledge answers when compared to Americans (Adjusted Odds Ratio [Adj. OR] 0.47, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 0.30–0.75). Older age, regardless of location, was also associated with answering fewer questions correctly (Adj. OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.40–0.92). Attitudes related to HPV vaccination were similar between the US and BHM, but nearly 80% of BHM respondents felt that children should not be able to receive the vaccine without parental consent compared to 57% of American respondents. Conclusions. Grave lack of knowledge, safety and cost concerns, and influence of parental restrictions may negatively impact vaccine uptake among African-American and Afro-Caribbean persons. Interventions to increase the vaccine uptake in the Caribbean must include medical provider and parental involvement. Effective strategies for education and increasing vaccine uptake in BHM are crucial for decreasing cervical cancer burden in the Caribbean. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3730153/ /pubmed/23956612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/428582 Text en Copyright © 2013 Elizabeth Blackman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Blackman, Elizabeth
Thurman, Natalie
Halliday, Darron
Butler, Raleigh
Francis, Dorita
Joseph, Madeline
Thompson, Jahzreel
Akers, Aletha
Andraos-Selim, Cecile
Bondzi, Cornelius
Taioli, Emanuela
Hagan, Kourtney L.
Jones, Erin A.
Jones, Jade
Moss, Cierra M.
Smith, Ar'Lena C.
Ashing, Kimlin Tam
Ragin, Camille C.
Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
title Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
title_full Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
title_fullStr Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
title_full_unstemmed Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
title_short Multicenter Study of Human Papillomavirus and the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Knowledge and Attitudes among People of African Descent
title_sort multicenter study of human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine: knowledge and attitudes among people of african descent
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/428582
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