TY - JOUR
T1 - Human papillomavirus vaccination status and parental endorsement intentions among undergraduate student nurses
AU - Hollins, Ashley
AU - Wardell, Diane
AU - Fernandez, Maria E.
AU - Markham, Christine
AU - Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent
AU - Maria, Diane Santa
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This study was funded by National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (grant number R15HD081364).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: The authors are especially grateful to the students who participated in this study. This project was funded by the National Institutes of Health Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (R15HD081364). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2021/3/2
Y1 - 2021/3/2
N2 - We identified factors associated with student nurses’ Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) vaccination status and their intention to counsel parents on HPV vaccination. Undergraduate student nurses (N = 153) from a large university in the south participated. Descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, and independent t-tests (p ≤ 0.05) were used to characterize the students’ vaccination status. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with vaccination status. HPV vaccination rates were low. Students who were older and married or living with a partner were less likely to have completed the HPV vaccine series. The most commonly cited reason for non-initiation and non-completion was the lack of provider endorsement. Vaccination status did not differ significantly according to race/ethnicity, religion, skills, or intention to counsel parents. While intentions to counsel parents on HPV vaccination are high among student nurses, interventions to improve vaccination rates among student nurses are needed.
AB - We identified factors associated with student nurses’ Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) vaccination status and their intention to counsel parents on HPV vaccination. Undergraduate student nurses (N = 153) from a large university in the south participated. Descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, and independent t-tests (p ≤ 0.05) were used to characterize the students’ vaccination status. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with vaccination status. HPV vaccination rates were low. Students who were older and married or living with a partner were less likely to have completed the HPV vaccine series. The most commonly cited reason for non-initiation and non-completion was the lack of provider endorsement. Vaccination status did not differ significantly according to race/ethnicity, religion, skills, or intention to counsel parents. While intentions to counsel parents on HPV vaccination are high among student nurses, interventions to improve vaccination rates among student nurses are needed.
KW - HPV vaccines
KW - Human papillomavirus vaccines
KW - Human papillomavirus viruses
KW - Papillomavirus vaccines
KW - Student nurses
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18063232
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18063232
M3 - Article
C2 - 33804788
AN - SCOPUS:85102742097
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 6
M1 - 3232
ER -