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Parents' Support for School-Entry Requirements for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A National Study

William A. Calo, Melissa B. Gilkey, Parth D. Shah, Jennifer L. Moss and Noel T. Brewer
William A. Calo
Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Melissa B. Gilkey
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Parth D. Shah
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Jennifer L. Moss
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Noel T. Brewer
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1159
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Background: The number of states proposing school-entry requirements for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has increased over the last decade. However, data are currently limited regarding parents' support of such laws. We sought to obtain the first national estimates of parents' support of HPV vaccination school-entry requirements.

Methods: A national sample of 1,501 parents of 11- to 17-year-old children completed a web-based survey between November 2014 and January 2015. Analyses used multivariable logistic regression to assess correlates of support for school-entry requirements for HPV vaccination.

Results: Overall, 21% of parents agreed that laws requiring HPV vaccination for school attendance “are a good idea,” and 54% disagreed. If school-entry requirements included opt-out provisions, agreement increased to 57%, and only 21% disagreed. Parents more often agreed with requirements without opt-out provisions if they were Hispanic [OR = 1.53; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.05–2.22], believed HPV vaccine was as or more important than other adolescent vaccines (OR = 2.76; 95% CI, 1.98–3.83), or believed HPV vaccine was effective for preventing cervical cancer (OR = 2.55; 95% CI, 1.93–3.37). Parents less often agreed if they resided in Midwest states or believed that HPV vaccine was being pushed to make money for drug companies (both P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Opt-out provisions almost tripled parents' support for HPV vaccine school-entry requirements. Our findings suggest that race/ethnicity, attitudes about HPV vaccine, and region of residence may influence support for requirements without opt-out provisions.

Impact: Opt-out provisions greatly increase parent support of school-entry requirements for HPV vaccination but may make them ineffective. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 25(9); 1–9. ©2016 AACR.

  • Received November 12, 2015.
  • Revision received June 1, 2016.
  • Accepted June 16, 2016.
  • ©2016 American Association for Cancer Research.
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William A. Calo, Melissa B. Gilkey, Parth D. Shah, Jennifer L. Moss and Noel T. Brewer
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev August 19 2016 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1159

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Parents' Support for School-Entry Requirements for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A National Study
William A. Calo, Melissa B. Gilkey, Parth D. Shah, Jennifer L. Moss and Noel T. Brewer
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev August 19 2016 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1159
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