Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1060-1065

HPV Vaccine and Latino Immigrant Parents: If They Offer It, We Will Get It (Article)

Aragones A.* , Genoff M. , Gonzalez C. , Shuk E. , Gany F.
  • a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 300 E. 66th Street 15th Floor, New York, NY 10065, United States
  • b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 300 E. 66th Street 15th Floor, New York, NY 10065, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 300 E. 66th Street 15th Floor, New York, NY 10065, United States
  • d Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 300 E. 66th Street 15th Floor, New York, NY 10065, United States
  • e Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 300 E. 66th Street 15th Floor, New York, NY 10065, United States

Abstract

HPV vaccination rates remain low in the fast growing Latino children population while we continue to observe large HPV-associated cancer disparities in the Latino population. In this study, we sought to elucidate Latino immigrant parents’ barriers to obtaining the HPV vaccine for their children. Five focus groups were conducted with Latino immigrant parents of minors (i.e., 9–17 year old) who had not yet initiated the HPV vaccine series. Three major findings were identified from the focus groups: (1) low levels of awareness and knowledge of HPV and the HPV vaccine, (2) high confidence that parent can get the vaccine for their eligible child and (3) lack of provider recommendation as the main barrier to vaccination. Children of Latino immigrant parents could benefit from increased provider recommendation for the HPV vaccine while providing tailored HPV information to parents. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

HPV vaccine Vaccination barriers Latino immigrant parents Latino children

Index Keywords

information processing Parents human middle aged Aged ethnology Hispanic Americans Humans migrant psychology Hispanic Adolescent Papillomavirus Vaccines male Wart virus vaccine Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors parent socioeconomics Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice adult patient attitude Patient Acceptance of Health Care attitude to health Focus Groups Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84929631239&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-015-0225-x&partnerID=40&md5=6ef539aac99e6e3f7d18bb8a87ac2a92
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0225-x
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 10
Original Language: English