The Effect of a Web-Based Cervical Cancer Survivor's Story on Parents' Behavior and Willingness to Consider Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Daughters: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing adequate information to parents who have children eligible for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is essential to overcoming vaccine hesitancy in Japan, where the government recommendation has been suspended. However, prior trials assessing the effect of brief educational tools have shown only limited effects on increasing the willingness of parents to vaccinate their daughters.

Objective

The aim of this trial is to assess the effect of a cervical cancer survivor's story on the willingness of parents to get HPV vaccination for their daughters.

Methods

In this double-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) implemented online, we enrolled 2175 participants aged 30-59 years in March 2020 via a webpage and provided them with a questionnaire rel

SUBMITTER: Suzuki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178460 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature