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Health Belief Model applied to non-compliance with HPV vaccine among female university students

Abstract Objectives To investigate the reasons for refusal of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, and to explore participants' perceptions and attitudes about Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to...

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Published in:Public health (London) 2014-03, Vol.128 (3), p.268-273
Main Authors: Donadiki, E.M, Jiménez-García, R, Hernández-Barrera, V, Sourtzi, P, Carrasco-Garrido, P, López de Andrés, A, Jimenez-Trujillo, I, Velonakis, E.G
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Summary:Abstract Objectives To investigate the reasons for refusal of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, and to explore participants' perceptions and attitudes about Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action and self-efficacy) among a sample of female university students. Study design Cross-sectional. A self-administered questionnaire based on the HBM was used. Methods Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to the data to examine the construct validity of the six factor models extracted from the HBM. The predictors of non-HPV vaccination were determined by logistic regression models, using non-HPV vaccination as the dependent variable. Results The sample included 2007 students. The participation rate was 88.9% and the percentage of non-vaccination was 71.65%. Participants who had high scores for ‘general perceived barriers’, ‘perceived barriers to vaccination’, ‘no perceived general benefits’, ‘no perceived specific benefits’ and ‘no general benefits’ were more likely to report being unvaccinated. Conclusions The findings demonstrated the utility of HBM constructs in understanding vaccination intention and uptake. There is an urgent need to improve health promotion and information campaigns to enhance the benefits and reduce the barriers to HPV vaccination.
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2013.12.004