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Risk perceptions, sexual attitudes, and sexual behavior after HPV vaccination in 11-12 year-old girls.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors that influence caregivers' and adolescents' views and practices regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for adolescents: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
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- Tempest in a teapot: A systematic review of HPV vaccination and risk compensation research.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2016Pooled it
- HIV-Infected Young Men Demonstrate Appropriate Risk Perceptions and Beliefs about Safer Sexual Behaviors after Human Papillomavirus Vaccination.AIDS and behavior · 2018Trial
- Third-person effects of HPV vaccination news: Exploring the relationships among media exposure, presumed media influence, and Chinese female college students' behavioral intentions.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Variations in reason for intention not to vaccinate across time, region, and by race/ethnicity, NIS-Teen (2008-2016).Vaccine · 2019Article
- Addressing HPV vaccine myths: practical information for healthcare providers.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Review
- Changes in (risk) behavior and HPV knowledge among Dutch girls eligible for HPV vaccination: an observational cohort study.BMC public health · 2018Observational
- Epidemiology of Any and Vaccine-Type Anogenital Human Papillomavirus Among 13-26-Year-Old Young Men After HPV Vaccine Introduction.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Article
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccine-Related Risk Perceptions Do Not Predict Sexual Initiation Among Young Women Over 30 Months Following Vaccination.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Article
- Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Health Intervention to Improve Adolescents' Knowledge About and Vaccination Against the Human Papillomavirus.Global pediatric health · 2018Article
- Parental acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccinations and community pharmacies as vaccination settings: A qualitative study in Alabama.Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2017Article
- How does HPV vaccination status relate to risk perceptions and intention to participate in cervical screening? a survey study.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesAmong 11-12 year-old girls who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, we explored, over the subsequent 30 months: (1) trajectories of knowledge about HPV/HPV vaccines and vaccine-related risk perceptions; (2) whether knowledge and risk perceptions impacted sexual attitudes and sexual experience; (3) whether mothers, clinicians, and media influenced girls' risk perceptions, attitudes, and behavior.
methodsGirls and mothers (n=25dyads) completed separate, semi-structured interviews within 2 days of, and 6, 18, and 30 months after, their first HPV vaccine dose. Knowledge, risk perceptions related to HPV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and attitudes about sexual behaviors were assessed. Sexual experience was assessed at girls' 30 month interviews. Clinicians completed interviews at baseline. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using framework analysis.
resultsGirls' baseline knowledge was poor but often improved with time. Most girls (n=18) developed accurate risk perceptions about HPV but only half (n=12) developed accurate risk perceptions about other STIs by 30 months. The vast majority of girls thought that safer sex was still important, regardless of knowledge, risk perceptions, or sexual experience. Girls whose HPV knowledge was high at baseline or increased over time tended to articulate accurate risk perceptions; those who were able to articulate accurate risk perceptions tended to report not having initiated sexual activity. Girls whose mothers demonstrated higher knowledge and/or communication about HPV vaccination tended to articulate accurate risk perceptions, whereas clinicians and media exposure did not appear to influence risk perceptions.
conclusionsHigher knowledge about HPV vaccines among mothers and girls was linked with more accurate risk perceptions among girls. Clinicians may play an important role in providing education about HPV vaccines to mothers and girls.
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