HPV vaccine awareness and the association of trust in cancer information from physicians among males

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• Alternative Title:
  Vaccine
• Personal Author:
  Cooper, Dexter L. ; Hernandez, Natalie D. ; Rollins, Latrice ; Akintobi, Tabia Henry ; McAllister, Calvin
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Black and Hispanic men are diagnosed with more HPV-related cancers and at later stages compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Physician communication with men about HPV vaccination may be beneficial to increasing HPV vaccinations and decreasing HPV transmission. The purpose of this study was to examine HPV and HPV vaccine awareness among men by race, and the association between trust in cancer information from physicians and ever hearing about HPV and the HPV vaccine.
  
  Methods
  
  U.S. adult males (age 18+) were identified from the 2014 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) (n = 1203). Binomial logistic regression models assessed the influences of race/ethnicity and trust of cancer information from physicians on men having heard of HPV and the HPV vaccination.
  
  Results
  
  Approximately 50% of the sample had never heard of HPV and 53% had never heard of the vaccine. Black men were less likely to know that HPV is sexually transmitted compared to White and Hispanic men (p < 0.001). Hispanic and Black men were less likely to have heard about the HPV vaccine when compared to White men (p < 0.001). Additionally, Hispanic men were less likely to trust a doctor about cancer information compared to White and Black men (p < 0.001).
  
  Conclusion
  
  Findings highlight the lack of awareness about HPV among men. Furthermore, statistically significant racial/ethnic differences were found in HPV vaccine knowledge and trust in receiving cancer information from physicians. Future interventions should include community-based approaches and improved physicians' HPV-related communication to increase knowledge and uptake of the HPV vaccine.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Awareness Cross-Sectional Studies Ethnicity Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Middle Aged Neoplasms Papillomavirus Infections Papillomavirus Vaccines Patient Acceptance Of Health Care Physician-Patient Relations Physicians Trust

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• Source:
  Vaccine. 35(20):2661-2667.
• Pubmed ID:
  28396210
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5511751
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 MD007588/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000454/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States ; S21 MD000101/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U58 DP005945/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; G12 MD007602/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  20
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8e4b976b9711fbd25c1ed05955dd8fa0c9e96882a1fcdf7e803ad7b533a60eaf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46821/cdc_46821_DS1.pdf
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