Parental perceptions of human papillomavirus vaccination in central China: the moderating role of socioeconomic factors
| Autor: | Min Zhou, Shujuan Qu, Lindu Zhao, Kathryn S. Campy, Song Wang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 15, Iss 7-8, Pp 1688-1696 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2164-5515 2164-554X 21645515 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21645515.2018.1547605 |
| Popis: | Background: The huge gap in adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) uptake between China ( 60%) indicates the necessity of comprehensive examination on the modifiable factors for parents’ decision-making. The present study investigated parental perceptions of HPV vaccination for children in China from a socio-economic perspective. Methods: Parents of 9-to-14-year-old adolescents who understood the HPV vaccination (n = 925) completed our questionnaire survey in Fall 2017. Based on the structural equation modeling, we examined the relationship among knowledge, awareness, and intentions of 20 items by 7-point Likert scale, the moderating effects also were tested among 5 socioeconomic variables. Results: Parents of female students have more positive intention about the HPV vaccination than male students’ parents (3.74 vs 2.80, p |
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