Use of social media and its influence on HPV vaccine hesitancy: US National Online Survey of mothers of adolescents, 2023.

Autor: Liebermann E; College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, RINEC 350 Eddy Street, Rm 223, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Electronic address: eliebermann@uri.edu., Kornides M; School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: kornides@nursing.upenn.edu., Matsunaga M; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa. 96813, USA. Electronic address: mmatsuna@hawaii.edu., Lim E; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa. 96813, USA. Electronic address: lime@hawaii.edu., Zimet G; Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1625 Sturbridge Road., Indianapolis, IN 46260, United States. Electronic address: gzimet@iu.edu., Glauberman G; School of Nursing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. Electronic address: glauberm@hawaii.edu., Kronen C; School of Nursing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA., Fontenot HB; School of Nursing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. Electronic address: hbfont@hawaii.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Vaccine [Vaccine] 2025 Jan 12; Vol. 44, pp. 126571. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126571
Abstrakt: Purpose: Explore mothers of adolescents' use of social media and the influence of social media on hesitancy regarding HPV vaccine.
Methods: A national online survey of mothers of adolescents aged 9-17 years was conducted in August 2023, with participants recruited from an online research panel of US residents. The study examined socio-demographic factors, social media use patterns, and influence of social media and their association with HPV vaccine hesitancy.
Results: Survey sample included 3968 mothers of adolescents. Specifically among the social media variables, multivariable analysis revealed that Facebook influence was negatively associated with HPV vaccine hesitancy (β = -0.016, 95 % confidence interval [CI] = (-0.029, -0.003), p = 0.019), while uncertainty about social media messages (veracity) (β = 0.067, 95 % CI = (0.021, 0.113), p = 0.004) were associated with increased vaccine hesitancy. No significant associations were found with the number of daily-used social media platforms or influence from other platforms.
Discussion: Our findings highlight the impact of uncertainty about social media messages and its effect on parents' HPV vaccine hesitancy. Our findings also highlight the potential role of health care providers in reducing vaccine hesitancy during clinical encounters. Future research is needed to better understand the elements (content, approach, platforms) of effective social media communication interventions to decrease vaccine hesitancy and improve HPV vaccination rates among adolescents in the US.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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