Easing Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Hesitancy: A Communication Experiment With U.S. Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Announcement Approach using presumptive announcements increases human papillomavirus vaccine uptake. This study seeks to understand the impact of the final Announcement Approach steps-easing parents' vaccine concerns and then encouraging them to get human papillomavirus vaccine for their children-on parents' human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy and confidence in the vaccine's benefits.

Methods

In 2017-2018, investigators recruited an online national sample of 1,196 U.S. parents of children aged 9-17 years who had not yet completed the human papillomavirus vaccine series. Following the steps of the Announcement Approach, participants viewed brief videos of a pediatrician announcing that a child was due for human papillomavirus vaccine (shown to all the pare

SUBMITTER: Shah PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8217248 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature