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Parents' reasoning about HPV vaccination in Sweden.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences; Dec2022, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p1113-1122, 10p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe parents' reasoning in making decisions about vaccinating their daughters against human papilloma virus (HPV), a part of the Swedish vaccination programme. Method: Twenty parents whose daughter had been offered HPV vaccination participated. Semi‐structured individual interviews were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The findings reveal that the decision‐making process is complex. The parents trusted the vaccination programme and saw it as beneficial to society. They also described using different resources to decide about HPV vaccination, but they did not include their daughters in making the decision. Discussion: Parents need better vaccine and health literacy to be able to decide, based on evidence and in consultation with their daughters, on HPV vaccination. School nurses can play an important role in evidence‐based decision‐making about HPV vaccination and introducing children to this health‐promoting intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VACCINATION
PARENT attitudes
OCCUPATIONAL roles
IMMUNIZATION
SCHOOL health services
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
RESEARCH methodology
INTERVIEWING
MEDICAL protocols
QUALITATIVE research
HEALTH literacy
HUMAN papillomavirus vaccines
PATIENT-family relations
DECISION making
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
NURSES
PARENT-child relationships
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
CONTENT analysis
HEALTH promotion
TRUST
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02839318
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160177190
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13041