Examining Associations between Knowledge and Vaccine Uptake using the Human Papillomavirus Knowledge Questionnaire (HPV-KQ)
| Autor: | Sayward E. Harrison, Charnetta Williams, Emmanuel B. Walter, Lavanya Vasudevan, Yunfei Wang, Laura J. Fish, Jan Ostermann, Valerie Yelverton |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Predictive validity
Parents Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Social Psychology Adolescent Alphapapillomavirus Article Internal consistency Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Papillomavirus Vaccines Human papillomavirus Child Papillomaviridae Papillomavirus Infections Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health HPV infection virus diseases Hpv vaccination Regression analysis Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease United States Scale (social sciences) Psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Am J Health Behav |
| Popis: | Objectives: Understanding the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge and vaccination behavior is important to inform public health interventions, yet few validated HPV knowledge scales exist. This study describes development of the Human Papillomavirus Knowledge Questionnaire (HPV-KQ) and its validation with parents residing in the southern United States (US). Methods: Drawing on previously published measures, we developed the 13-item HPV-KQ and administered the scale via Web-based survey to parents (N=1105) of adolescents ages 9 to 17 years. Dimensionality, internal consistency, model fit, and predictive validity were assessed. Results: The scale was bidimensional. One factor captured general HPV knowledge, and the second factor captured perceptions of gender differences in HPV infection and vaccine recommendations. The 13-item scale and 2-factor solution displayed strong internal consistency and good model fit. Parents of vaccinated adolescents scored higher on the 13-item HPV-KQ (Mean = 8.56) than parents of unvaccinated adolescents (Mean = 6.43) (p < .001). In regression models, controlling for key covariates, parents' performance on the HPV-KQ predicted adolescent HPV vaccination (p < .001). Conclusions: Evaluation indicates the HPV-KQ is a reliable and valid tool for measuring knowledge of HPV and the HPV vaccine among parents residing in the southern US. We recommend further efforts to validate the scale with other populations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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