Do boys have the same intentions to get the HPV vaccine as girls? Knowledge, attitudes, and intentions in France.
Boys
Human papillomavirus
Motivational stages
Vaccine intention
Vaccines
Journal
Vaccine
ISSN: 1873-2518
Titre abrégé: Vaccine
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8406899
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Mar 2024
14 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
05
07
2023
revised:
23
02
2024
accepted:
26
02
2024
medline:
16
3
2024
pubmed:
16
3
2024
entrez:
15
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The vaccine coverage against human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remains low in France. The objective of this study was to study adolescent perceptions by comparing boys and girls, in order to build effective school-based interventions. This paper presents a cross-sectional study in French middle school pupils. They completed online questionnaires on their knowledge and attitudes toward the HPV vaccine, HPV vaccination status, their intention, reasons to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, and psychological antecedents of vaccination. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was used to test the hypothesized model. The participants are 818 pupils aged from 12 to 16 years (M These findings reveal a high percentage of boys who do not feel concerned by the HPV vaccine and highlight the need to consider the psychological antecedents of vaccination in general in addition to the specific attitudes to the HPV vaccine.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The vaccine coverage against human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remains low in France. The objective of this study was to study adolescent perceptions by comparing boys and girls, in order to build effective school-based interventions.
METHODS
METHODS
This paper presents a cross-sectional study in French middle school pupils. They completed online questionnaires on their knowledge and attitudes toward the HPV vaccine, HPV vaccination status, their intention, reasons to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, and psychological antecedents of vaccination. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was used to test the hypothesized model.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The participants are 818 pupils aged from 12 to 16 years (M
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
These findings reveal a high percentage of boys who do not feel concerned by the HPV vaccine and highlight the need to consider the psychological antecedents of vaccination in general in addition to the specific attitudes to the HPV vaccine.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38490822
pii: S0264-410X(24)00256-1
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.080
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
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.