Getting Vaccinated Against HPV: Attitudes, Intentions and Perceived Barriers of Female Undergraduates.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Burke, Sloane C.; Vail-Smith, Karen; White, David M.; Baker, Elizabeth; Mitchell, Terri
- Source
- College Student Journal; March 2010, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p55-63, 9p
- Subject
- United States. Food & Drug Administration
Human papillomavirus vaccines
Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases
Women college students' health
Women college students
Attitude (Psychology)
Vaccination
Papillomaviruses
Preventive medicine
Undergraduates
Questionnaires
Public health
Immunization
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 01463934
This study examines college women's intention to receive the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine and their perceived barriers to being vaccinated. The study reports findings from an online questionnaire completed by 856 undergraduate women enrolled in a required personal health course at a large (27,000 plus) southeastern university. The majority of the respondents (78.6%) indicated that they would get the vaccine; however, only 60.7% of the respondents who self-identified as not yet sexually active reported that they plan to be vaccinated. Side effects, costs and lack of knowledge about the vaccine were most often indicated as barriers to receiving the vaccine. Education about HPV and the vaccine is needed to address the perceived barriers to vaccination.