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Researchers' Work from Washington University Focuses on Vaccination

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 25th, 2012

2012 APR 25 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, "This study describes attitudes and social and environmental factors that affect African American parents' intent to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus (HPV). Thirty African American parents of daughters aged nine to 17 years and no history of HPV infection completed semi-structured interviews."

"Interviews addressed factors that influenced intent to vaccinate, perception of community norms related to vaccination, vaccination scenarios involving place of vaccination, and vaccination prior to or after the...

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