Sociodemographic determinants of HPV vaccine awareness, uptake, and intention among parents of adolescents in France 2021-22.

ABSTRACT: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage was <50% in France in 2022 and even lower among socially disadvantaged populations. We aimed to evaluate socio-demographic determinants of HPV vaccine awareness, uptake, and intention among parents of adolescents, and related attitudes and knowledge items. Parents of adolescents attending middle schools across France, who participated in a randomized trial responded to an anonymous baseline survey, conducted between November 2021 and February 2022. We used logistic regression models adjusting for a child's age and sex to explore sociodemographic determinants (including at-home multilingualism, occupational categories, local deprivation index and urbanity) of HPV vaccine awareness, uptake, and intention. Among the 1889 participants from 61 schools

SUBMITTER: Rivera AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11305024 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature