在少数群体中对HPV疫苗接种和相关的HNC和治疗决策的知识
Matthew E Lin1, Oluwatobiloba Ayo-Ajibola2, Ryan Davis2
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
American journal of otolaryngology
|August 8, 2024
概括
在少数民族成年人中观察到较低的HPV疫苗接种率. 关于人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 和其疫苗的知识不足是主要障碍,突出了提高HPV疫苗接种率的有针对性的教育干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
背景情况:
- 人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 是导致宫癌和头癌的主要原因.
- 接种HPV疫苗是预防HPV相关癌症的关键预防措施.
- 了解少数民族群体的疫苗接种知识和障碍对于健康公平至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估疫苗接种知识,并确定少数民族成年人中HPV疫苗接种障碍.
- 为了比较少数群体和非少数群体之间的HPV疫苗接种率和知识.
主要方法:
- 在耳鼻喉科诊所和头癌查活动中进行了横截面调查.
- 从241名受访者收集数据,非少数群体的受访者作为对照.
- 用描述性统计,显著性测试和多变量后勤回归来分析与疫苗接种相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 患者和他们的孩子的HPV疫苗接种率都很低 (分别为17.67%和33.55%).
- 少数群体患者对HPV在宫癌和头癌中的作用以及对HPV的普遍认识的知识明显较低.
- 缺乏对HPV疫苗的了解是少数群体受访者最常提到的不接种疫苗或缺乏兴趣的原因.
结论:
- 虽然所有群体的HPV疫苗接种率都很低,但少数受访者对HPV及其相关癌症存在重大知识差距.
- 缺乏知识是少数群体接种HPV疫苗的主要障碍.
- 建议针对HPV及其疫苗进行有针对性的教育干预,以提高少数民族成年人群的疫苗接种率.
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