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HPV Vaccine Acceptability by Latino Parents: A Comparison of U.S. and Salvadoran Populations

  • Rebecca Podolsky
    Affiliations
    New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA; Basic Health El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
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  • Miriam Cremer
    Correspondence
    Adddress correspondence to: Miriam Cremer, MD, NYU School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
    Affiliations
    New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA; Basic Health El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
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  • Jessica Atrio
    Affiliations
    New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA; Basic Health El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
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  • Tsivia Hochman
    Affiliations
    New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA; Basic Health El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
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  • Alan A. Arslan
    Affiliations
    New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA; Basic Health El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
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      Abstract

      Study Objective

      To characterize and compare acceptability of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination by Latino parents at an urban medical center in the United States and a community hospital in El Salvador.

      Design

      After reading an information sheet on HPV, 148 subjects at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and 160 subjects at Hospital Nacional de Santa Gertrudis in San Vicente, El Salvador, completed a survey. Results were analyzed using chi-square, Fisher's exact test, and Student's t-tests.

      Results and Conclusions

      Parental acceptance of HPV vaccination was higher in a sample of Salvadoran subjects than in a sample of U.S. Latinas (P<0.001 for daughters and sons). Reasons for objecting to HPV vaccination differ in the two locations. There are important differences between Salvadoran and U.S. subjects. Salvadorans are more accepting of HPV vaccination, and parental acceptance is unlikely to be a barrier to widespread vaccination in El Salvador. Targeted educational materials are needed in both locations.

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