Adolescents' beliefs about their parents' human papillomavirus vaccination decisions.
BJOG
; 117(2): 229-33, 2010 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19843044
ABSTRACT
A significant minority of parents are concerned that human papillomavirus vaccination will affect sexual behaviour. We explored this issue with 162 adolescent girls. Most (between 90 and 92%) did not perceive a connection between parental consent to vaccination and parental authorisation for sexual activity, but a small percentage believed that vaccination consent implied that they were old enough to have sex (8%), or that it was okay for them to be sexually active (10%). The findings are broadly reassuring, but highlight the need for vaccination information materials to clarify why the vaccine is administered before sexual debut.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parent-Child Relations
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Mass Vaccination
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Parental Consent
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Papillomavirus Vaccines
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
BJOG
Journal subject:
GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
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