Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1086-1090

HPV Awareness and Vaccine Willingness Among Dominican Immigrant Parents Attending a Federal Qualified Health Clinic in Puerto Rico (Article)

Colón-López V.* , Quiñones V. , Del Toro-Mejías L.M. , Conde-Toro A. , Serra-Rivera M.J. , Martínez T.M. , Rodríguez V. , Berdiel L. , Villanueva H.
  • a Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, United States, Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
  • b Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
  • c UPR/MDACC: Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research Program, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
  • d Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
  • e Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
  • f Department of Biology, Bayamón Campus, University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón, PR, United States
  • g Department of Biology, Rio Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
  • h HealthproMed, Barrio Obrero, Santurce, PR, United States
  • i HealthproMed, Barrio Obrero, Santurce, PR, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the socio-demographic characteristics, awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV), and willingness to vaccinate among a convenience sample of 60 immigrant Dominican parents of adolescent sons in a Federal Qualified Health Clinic in Puerto Rico. Participation involved completing a self-administered survey. Even though more than half of the parents had not received proper HPV vaccine orientation from healthcare provider (58.3 %) nor asked provider for vaccination recommendation for their adolescent sons (56.7 %), most parents were aware of HPV (91.7 %) and HPV vaccination among males (55.0 %). Among those with unvaccinated sons, willingness to vaccinate the son within the next year was high (83.8 %). The low vaccination percentage (31.7 %) and information exchange between the parents and the son’s healthcare provider indicates an opportunity for future culturally tailored interventions to target HPV vaccination among healthcare providers and parents of foreign descent in order to increase HPV vaccine uptake among males. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

HPV vaccine immigrants Men HPV willingness HPV awareness

Index Keywords

Parents Puerto Rico human statistics and numerical data ethnology Dominican Republic Young Adult Humans migrant psychology Adolescent Papillomavirus Vaccines male Wart virus vaccine Emigrants and Immigrants female parent Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice adult Papillomavirus Infections patient attitude Patient Acceptance of Health Care attitude to health Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937409178&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-014-0067-y&partnerID=40&md5=425fa1938077f1b382b68d57d68acb03
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0067-y
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English