HPV Vaccination Hesitancy Among Latina Immigrant Mothers Despite Physician Recommendation.

Conclusions: A recommendation by a health care provider may be not enough to motivate Latina immigrant mothers to vaccinate their daughters. Further efforts should focus on increasing awareness regarding HPV and cervical cancer, heightening perceived risk of HPV infection among daughters and boosting self-efficacy to get their children vaccinated against HPV. PMID: 32989366 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32989366?dopt=Abstract

Source: Ethnicity and Disease - September 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ethn Dis Source Type: research