Parents Still Skeptical Of HPV Vaccine
A new study published in PLoS Medicine has found that skepticism about the efficacy of the HPV vaccine remains high among parents of adolescent girls. Even when financial and healthcare barriers are removed, some parents remain hesitant to have their daughters receive the vaccine. Researchers say the more educated parents are, the less likely it is they will consent. As a result, policymakers must spend more money to ensure that the debate is properly framed. The authors surveyed parents of sixth-grade girls (age 11) in a publicly funded school-based program in British Columbia, Canada, to determine the level of uptake of the first dose of the HPV vaccine, and to examine the factors involved in their decision to allow receipt of the vaccine. read more