Table 4 Knowledge about HPV, HPV vaccine, transmission, and Brazil’s eligible population for vaccination among parents with children between the ages of 9 and 17 in São Paulo, Brazil, 2015
Overall N (%) | HPV vaccine eligible N (%) | HPV vaccine ineligible N (%) | X 2 p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HPV is transmitted through sexual contact (N = 207) | 0.6320 | |||
Truea | 175 (82.2) | 90 (81.1) | 85 (83.3) | |
False | 23 (10.8) | 14 (12.6) | 9 (8.8) | |
Don’t know | 15 (7.0) | 7 (6.3) | 8 (7.8) | |
Recommended that both males and females be vaccinated against HPV (N = 207) | 0.2095 | |||
Truea | 152 (71.4) | 75 (66.4) | 77 (77.0) | |
False | 47 (22.1) | 30 (26.5) | 17 (17.0) | |
Don’t know | 14 (6.6) | 8 (7.1) | 6 (6.0) | |
Currently eligible in Brazil to receive the HPV vaccine (N = 211) | 0.5576 | |||
Only girls, 9–13a | 141 (65.6) | 73 (63.5) | 68 (68.0) | |
Only girls, 9–26 | 7 (3.3) | 5 (4.3) | 2 (2.0) | |
Girls and boys 9–13 | 27 (12.6) | 14 (12.2) | 13 (13.0) | |
Girls and boys, 9–26 | 30 (14.0) | 19 16.5) | 11 (11.0) | |
Don’t know | 10 (4.7) | 4 (3.5) | 6 (6.0) | |
Girls can be vaccinated against HPV up to age 26 (N = 207) | 0.6850 | |||
Truea | 100 (47.0) | 50 (44.2) | 50 (50.0) | |
False | 71 (33.3) | 39 (34.5) | 32 (32.0) | |
Don’t know | 42 (19.7) | 24 (21.2) | 18 (18.0) |