Parental Basis for HPV Vaccination Refusal
School Name
Center for Advanced Technical Studies
Grade Level
12th Grade
Presentation Topic
Psychology and Sociology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Oral Presentation Award
3rd Place
Abstract
Despite many efforts to increase the HPV vaccination rate, vaccination coverage rates remain low among both male and female adolescents. The purpose of this experiment is to discover and compare the reasons that parents of boys and parents of girls decline the HPV vaccine for their children. A written survey was given to parents who declined the HPV vaccination for their child during a visit to one of several Columbia-area pediatric offices. Parents anonymously answered questions about their demographics, used a Likert Scale to indicate their agreement with possible reasons for declining the vaccine, and ranked their top three reasons for declining the vaccine. At the time of this writing, no data has yet been collected. Response differences between parents of each sex will be determined using a Mann-Whitney U Test. It is expected that parents of boys and parents of girls will have statistically significant differences in their reasons for declining the HPV vaccination. This new data will provide insight to health practitioners on how to most effectively educate parents in order to increase the HPV vaccination coverage rate. If parents of boys and parents of girls do have different reasons for declining the HPV vaccine, practitioners may want to approach each group differently.
Recommended Citation
Bertram, Sydney, "Parental Basis for HPV Vaccination Refusal" (2017). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 253.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2017/all/253
Location
Wall 308
Start Date
3-25-2017 9:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral Only
Group Project
No
Parental Basis for HPV Vaccination Refusal
Wall 308
Despite many efforts to increase the HPV vaccination rate, vaccination coverage rates remain low among both male and female adolescents. The purpose of this experiment is to discover and compare the reasons that parents of boys and parents of girls decline the HPV vaccine for their children. A written survey was given to parents who declined the HPV vaccination for their child during a visit to one of several Columbia-area pediatric offices. Parents anonymously answered questions about their demographics, used a Likert Scale to indicate their agreement with possible reasons for declining the vaccine, and ranked their top three reasons for declining the vaccine. At the time of this writing, no data has yet been collected. Response differences between parents of each sex will be determined using a Mann-Whitney U Test. It is expected that parents of boys and parents of girls will have statistically significant differences in their reasons for declining the HPV vaccination. This new data will provide insight to health practitioners on how to most effectively educate parents in order to increase the HPV vaccination coverage rate. If parents of boys and parents of girls do have different reasons for declining the HPV vaccine, practitioners may want to approach each group differently.
