ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2022
Assessing Attitudes and Beliefs Toward HPV Vaccination among Ghanaian Parents with Unvaccinated Adolescents: Application of Multi-Theory Model of Behavior Change.
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- Utilization of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to explain health behaviors: A systematic review.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Pooled it
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- Behavioural and Social Drivers (BeSD) of HPV vaccination in Zimbabwe: A Rapid Scoping Review of Literature.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a privately funded program in Ghana: A qualitative case study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
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- "This Is Something Every Woman Needs. . .So Why Is It That Expensive?": Examining Privileges and Inequities in Access to a Privately Funded HPV Vaccination Program in Ghana.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of the study was to assess the attitudes and beliefs towards HPV vaccination among Ghanaian parents with unvaccinated adolescents using the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of behavior change. Additionally, we used MTM constructs to predict the likelihood of parents allowing their adolescents to initiate and complete the recommended HPV vaccine series.
methodsA 44-item validated survey was administered among parents with unvaccinated adolescents living in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. HPV vaccine initiation predictors were perceived beliefs and MTM constructs: participatory dialogue, behavioral confidence, and change in the physical environment. HPV vaccine completion predictors were emotional transformation, social environment, and practice for change.
resultsMultiple linear regression analyses showed that perceived beliefs (95% CI: 0.03 - 0.14), change in the physical environment (95% CI: 0.06 - 0.15), and behavioral confidence (95% CI: 0.00 - 0.07), were strongly associated with parents' likelihood of allowing their adolescents to initiate the HPV vaccine series (p<0.001). Together, perceived beliefs, behavioral confidence, and change in the physical environment accounted for 13.6% of the variance (R2 = 0.136). The emotional transformation (95% CI: 0.04 - 0.10), and social environment (95% CI: 0.25 - 0.35), predictors were both strongly associated with parents' likelihood of allowing their adolescent to complete the vaccine series (p<0.001). Together, emotional transformation and social environment accounted for 45.8% of the variance (R2 = .458). A sample of 380 parents with unvaccinated adolescents, between the ages of 35 - 60 years, participated in this study. Many of the participants were unaware of HPV (98.7%) and its related vaccinations (96.8%).
conclusionOur findings underscore the need for comprehensive multi-level interventions to create HPV vaccination awareness among Ghanaian parents with unvaccinated adolescents.
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