Psychosocial predictors of human papillomavirus vaccination intentions for young women 18 to 26: religiosity, morality, promiscuity, and cancer worry.
Womens Health Issues
; 25(2): 105-11, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To determine whether five psychosocial variables, namely, religiosity, morality, perceived promiscuity, cancer worry frequency, and cancer worry severity, predict young women's intentions to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.METHODS:
Female undergraduate students (n=408) completed an online survey. Questions pertaining to hypothesized predictors were analyzed through bivariate correlations and hierarchical regression equations. Regressions examined whether the five psychosocial variables of interest predicted intentions to vaccinate above and beyond controls. Proposed interactions among predictor variables were also tested.RESULTS:
Study findings supported cancer worry as a direct predictor of HPV vaccination intention, and religiosity and sexual experience as moderators of the relationship between concerns of promiscuity reputation and intentions to vaccinate. One dimension of cancer worry (severity) emerged as a particularly robust predictor for this population.CONCLUSIONS:
This study provides support for several important, yet understudied, factors contributing to HPV vaccination intentions among college-aged women cancer worry severity and religiosity. Future research should continue to assess the predictive contributions of these variables and evaluate how messages and campaigns to increase HPV vaccination uptake can utilize religious involvement and worry about cancer to promote more effectively HPV vaccination as a cancer prevention strategy.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Religião
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Comportamento Sexual
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Estudantes
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Vacinação
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Intenção
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Vacinas contra Papillomavirus
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Princípios Morais
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Womens Health Issues
Assunto da revista:
GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
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SAUDE DA MULHER
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article