HPV knowledge and vaccine acceptability: a survey-based study among parents of adolescents (KAPPAS study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is recognized as one of the major causes of infection-related cancer worldwide. In Spain, the HPV vaccination program started in 2007 and until 2022, it targeted 12-year-old girls.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional, multicenter survey-based research carried out at 24 pediatric offices to describe HPV knowledge and vaccine acceptability in parents of children aged between 9 and 14 years-old in Spain. Parents were randomly selected from the medical records following specific quotas to ensure representativeness. The survey included five sections that aim to collect information about sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of HPV, knowledge and acceptability of vaccines in general, HPV vaccination knowledge and HPV vaccine acc

SUBMITTER: Lopez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9670070 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature