Clinician Misperceptions about the Importance of Adolescent HPV Vaccination  

作　　者：Martin C. Mahoney Frances G. Saad-Harfouche Christy A. Widman Annamaria Masucci Twarozek Deborah O. Erwin Elisa M. Rodriguez Martin C. Mahoney;Frances G. Saad-Harfouche;Christy A. Widman;Annamaria Masucci Twarozek;Deborah O. Erwin;Elisa M. Rodriguez(Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA;Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA)

机构地区：[1]Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA [2]Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

出　　处：《World Journal of Vaccines》2016年第1期9-15,共7页疫苗（英文）

摘　　要：Introduction: Adolescent HPV vaccination rates remain suboptimal. The purpose of the study was to investigate attitudes about HPV vaccine relative to other adolescent vaccines among clinical staff from primary care offices and school based clinics. Methods: We interviewed clinicians in primary care offices and school-based clinics regarding their attitudes about HPV vaccine relative to Tdap and MCV4. Results: Respondents (n = 36) included clinical staff in family medicine (47%), pediatrics (25%), obstetrics/gynecology (19%) and school-based health clinics (8%). Only 3% strongly agreed and 17% agreed that completion of HPV vaccine was more important than completion of pertussis vaccine (Tdap), while 6% strongly agreed and 33% agreed that completion of HPV vaccine was more important than completion of meningitis vaccine (MCV4). Discussion: Providing clinicians with additional information about the cancer prevention benefits of the HPV vaccine and the greater risk for HPV infection/disease relative to other vaccine preventable adolescent diseases may help to increase HPV vaccination rates among adolescents.Introduction: Adolescent HPV vaccination rates remain suboptimal. The purpose of the study was to investigate attitudes about HPV vaccine relative to other adolescent vaccines among clinical staff from primary care offices and school based clinics. Methods: We interviewed clinicians in primary care offices and school-based clinics regarding their attitudes about HPV vaccine relative to Tdap and MCV4. Results: Respondents (n = 36) included clinical staff in family medicine (47%), pediatrics (25%), obstetrics/gynecology (19%) and school-based health clinics (8%). Only 3% strongly agreed and 17% agreed that completion of HPV vaccine was more important than completion of pertussis vaccine (Tdap), while 6% strongly agreed and 33% agreed that completion of HPV vaccine was more important than completion of meningitis vaccine (MCV4). Discussion: Providing clinicians with additional information about the cancer prevention benefits of the HPV vaccine and the greater risk for HPV infection/disease relative to other vaccine preventable adolescent diseases may help to increase HPV vaccination rates among adolescents.

关 键 词：Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Adolescents Cancer Prevention Clinical Medicine 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]