ArticleThe Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association2015
Fatalistic beliefs and completion of the HPV vaccination series among a sample of young Appalachian Kentucky women.
Article in The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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PREVENT: Practice-based Approaches to Promote HPV Vaccination in the Safety Net - BootCamp Translation
PREVENT: Practice-based Approaches to Promote HPV Vaccination in the Safety Net - Pilot Trial
PREVENT: Practice-based Approaches to Promote HPV Vaccination in the Safety Net - Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A narrative review of HPV vaccination interventions in rural U.S. communities.Preventive medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Evaluating intersectional variation of HPV-associated cancers in rural America.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Challenges in coverage of future hepatitis C vaccines: Review and potential solutions.Vaccine · 2025Review
- Rural-urban disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination: Findings from a cross-sectional survey of 13 southern US states, December 2019-January 2020.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025Article
- How supernatural and scientific beliefs influence individual cancer prevention behaviors: an empirical study of young Chinese adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Promoting Rural-Residing Parents' Receptivity to HPV Vaccination: Targeting Messages and Mobile Clinic Implementation.Vaccines · 2024Article
- #4Corners4Health Social Media Cancer Prevention Campaign for Emerging Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Stepped-Wedge Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Examining the roles of travel distance, medical mistrust, and cancer fatalism in the uptake of clinical cancer prevention among women in rural and urban US communities: A secondary data analysis.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Examining HPV vaccination behavior among young adults: Insights from applying the Health Belief Model.PloS one · 2024Article
- Human papillomavirus circulating tumor DNA assays as a mechanism for head and neck cancer equity in rural regions of the United States.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Improving rural cancer prevention: targeted data and understanding rural-specific factors and lived experiences.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- Social determinants of human papillomavirus vaccine series completion among U.S. adolescents: A mixed-methods study.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of early childhood immunization in rural areas of the United States: A systematic review of the literature.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Examining Rural-Urban Differences in Fatalism and Information Overload: Data from 12 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and the impact on rural and black church Congregants: Results of the C-M-C project.Research in nursing & health · 2021Article
- Psychological Variables Associated with HPV Vaccination Intent in Romanian Academic Settings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Traumatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in an international sample: Contribution of fatalism to psychological distress and behavior change.European journal of trauma & dissociation = Revue europeenne du trauma et de la dissociation · 2021Article
- Successful Multi-Level HPV Vaccination Intervention at a Rural Healthcare Center in the Era of COVID-19.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with not receiving HPV vaccine among adolescents by metropolitan statistical area status, United States, National Immunization Survey-Teen, 2016-2017.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeUptake and completion of the 3-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is important for the primary prevention of cervical cancer. However, HPV vaccination rates among adolescent females and young women remain low in certain geographic areas of the United States, including Appalachia. Although greater fatalistic beliefs have been previously associated with lower rates of preventive cancer behaviors among adults, little research exists on the impact of fatalism on HPV vaccination behaviors, especially among younger individuals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the association between fatalistic beliefs and completion of the full HPV vaccine series among young women, ages 18-26, in Appalachian Kentucky.
resultsData from this study were from a baseline survey completed by 344 women randomized into a communication intervention trial focused on increasing adherence to the 3-dose HPV vaccine series. Principal components analysis was used to construct 2 fatalism-related subscales from 8 survey questions.
findingsIn a controlled analysis, 1 subscale--"lack of control over cancer"--was significantly associated with not completing the full HPV vaccine series. In a rural area that experiences higher rates of cervical cancer, poverty, limited access to health care, and negative cancer-related attitudes and experiences, fatalism may be common, even among young people.
conclusionFuture educational and interventional research addressing fatalistic beliefs in a culturally sensitive manner may be warranted to improve HPV vaccination behaviors and impact cancer disparities among Appalachian women.
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