Assessing Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes Toward HPV Vaccination Among Parents in North West, Cameroon

McMaster University

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Vaccine Refusal

Treatments

Other: Interview

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT05325138

100035

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of parents to young girls aged 9 to 14 years about HPV vaccines within some rural communities in the North West Region of Cameroon served by three hospitals in that area. To do this, we will conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with purposively sampled parents of girls aged 9 to 14 years, some of whom received HPV vaccine and some of whom did not. Interviews will continue until thematic saturation is reached (We anticipate a total 40 interviews). Data analysis will be done concurrently with interviews using thematic analysis.

Full description

The aim of this study is to assess knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of parents to young girls aged 9 to 14 years about HPV vaccines within some rural communities in the North West Region of Cameroon served by three hospitals in that area. Snowball sampling technique will be used. Parents of girls aged 9-14years will be included if the daughters have or have not received the HPV vaccine. Exclusion criteria include parents who are health care workers in any health institution, unwilling to provide consent, or inability to converse in English or pidgeon English. In-depth one-on-one interviews will take place using an interview guide. Interviews will be in English or pidgeon English. They will be taped and transcribed. Data will be entered into ATLAS Ti. Data analysis will be done concurrently with interviews using thematic analysis.Interviews will continue until theme saturation is reached (We anticipate a total 40 interviews).

Enrollment

45 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

21+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria