In:
Vaccines, MDPI AG, Vol. 11, No. 5 ( 2023-04-24), p. 890-
Abstract:
The study examined whether the 3R (reframe, prioritize, and reform) communication model intervention can impact parents’ and adolescents’ HPV vaccination acceptability. We used face-to-face methods to recruit participants from three local churches in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Participants completed pre- and post-intervention assessments based on the validated Theory of Planned Behavior survey. We organized two face-to-face presentations for parents and adolescents separately for parents (n = 85) and adolescents (n = 85). Participants’ post-intervention vs. pre-intervention scores for attitude (mean = 35.46 ± SD = 5.46 vs. mean = 23.42 ± SD = 8.63), knowledge (M = 28.48 ± SD = 5.14 vs. M = 16.56 ± SD = 7.19), confidence (M = 8.96 ± SD = 3.43 vs. M = 6.17 ± SD = 2.84), and intention for vaccine acceptance (M = 4.73 ± SD = 1.78 vs. M = 3.29 ± SD = 1.87) increased significantly (p 〈 0.001). The intervention showed that for every one-unit increase in the participants’ self-confidence and attitude scores, the odds of the HPV vaccination acceptability increased by 22% (95% CI: 10–36) and 6% (95% CI: 0.1–12), respectively. Intention for vaccine acceptance, F (1167) = 6.89, and attitude toward vaccination, F (1167) = 19.87, were significantly higher among parents than adolescents (p 〈 0.001), after controlling for the baseline scores. These findings suggest that the intervention targeting parents’ and adolescents’ attitudes and knowledge has the potential to increase HPV vaccination acceptance in Ghana.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2076-393X
DOI:
10.3390/vaccines11050890
Language:
English
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2703319-3
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