Awareness, knowledge, social norms, and vaccination intentions among Khmer mother-daughter pairs.
Ethn Health
; 26(3): 379-391, 2021 04.
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ABSTRACT
Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which can be prevented by vaccination. Mothers play an important role in promoting vaccination and health education. However, Cambodian American mothers reported to have challenges to play a role as primary health educators due to lack of health knowledge and language and cultural gaps. Therefore, this study aims to understand the Cambodian American daughters' and mothers' awareness, knowledge and social norms of HPV vaccination and their health communication and vaccination decision-making.We conducted a pilot randomized clinical trial to promote HPV vaccination. In this study, we have only reported findings from baseline data examining individual, interpersonal and social determinants of HPV vaccination behavior among 19 dyads of Cambodian American mothers and daughters.Both mothers and daughters demonstrated low levels of awareness and knowledge. A significant relationship was found between the daughters' HPV vaccine decisions and their perception of their mothers' intention on HPV vaccination for them.Culturally and linguistically appropriate communication strategies such as storytelling or visual presentation approaches may be more effective than the current practice of using information-based written materials to promote HPV vaccination and health education among Cambodian Americans.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Infecções por Papillomavirus
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Vacinas contra Papillomavirus
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Comunicação em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ethn Health
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos