Messages to Motivate Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: National Studies of Parents and Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physician communication about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is a key determinant of uptake. To support physician communication, we sought to identify messages that would motivate HPV vaccination.

Methods

From 2014 to 2015, we surveyed national samples of parents of adolescents ages 11 to 17 (n = 1,504) and primary care physicians (n = 776). Parents read motivational messages, selected from nine longer messages developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and six brief messages developed by the study team. Parents indicated whether each message would persuade them to get HPV vaccine for their adolescents. Physicians read the brief messages and indicated whether they would use them to persuade parents to get HPV vaccine for 11- to 12-year-old chi

SUBMITTER: Malo TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5108584 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature