Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Publication Title
Health Promotion Practice
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers and benefits to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a low-income, Latina farmworker population in central Florida. This study reports on formative qualitative research conducted on perceptions of benefits, barriers, costs, place, and promotion related to the HPV vaccine from surveys and interviews with a sample of 46 low-income, Latina farm workers and 19 health care workers serving this population. It was found that Latina farmworkers hold many misperceptions about the HPV vaccine and the potential links between HPV infection and cervical cancer. In addition, it was observed that HPV vaccination intention was inversely related to concerns about adolescent sexual behavior and low perceived risk of infection but might be positively influenced by belief in illness prevention and physician recommendation. These findings add to the growing research on HPV vaccine acceptability among Latina subgroups to inform intervention development, marketing materials, education, and policy.
Recommended Citation
Luque, John S., Heide Castañeda, Dinorah Martinez Tyson, Natalia Vargas, Meade.
2012.
"Formative Research on HPV Vaccine Acceptability with Latina Farmworkers."
Health Promotion Practice, 13 (5): 617-625.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/commhealth-facpubs/8
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Comments
This is an Accepted Author Manuscript obtained from the PMC. The publisher's final edited version of this article is available at the Health Promotion Practice.