Mingyu Si1, Xiaoyou Su1, Yu Jiang1, Wenjun Wang2, Xi Zhang3, Xiaofen Gu4, Li Ma5, Jing Li6, Shaokai Zhang7, Zefang Ren8, Yuanli Liu9, Youlin Qiao1. 1. School of Population Medicine and Public Health, 12501Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. 2. School of Nursing, 74496Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China. 3. Beijing Office for Cancer Prevention and Control, 12519Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China. 4. Affiliated Tumor Hospital, 159428Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China. 5. School of Public Health, 36674Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China. 6. West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University/West China Forth Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 7. 377327Henan Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. 8. School of Public Health, 26469Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 9. School of Health Policy and Management, 12501Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Despite the fact that the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPVV) has been approved in mainland China since 2016, there is a lack of inoculation among Chinese college women. This multi-center, online interventional RCT based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model intended to investigate if the intervention may improve human papillomavirus vaccine acceptance and awareness among target women. METHODS: Participants were selected from comprehensive universities and allocated to 1 of 2 groups: intervention or control. After the baseline survey, participants in the intervention group were given 10-minute online IMB model-based education every day for 7 days. Self-administered questionnaire surveys on Human papillomavirus knowledge, HPVV acceptability, and IMB construct toward HPV vaccination were performed at pre- and post-intervention. RESULTS: The baseline survey was completed by 3739 female university students from the intervention (n = 1936) and control groups (n = 1803) between February and April 2020. The average score of students on 11 HPV-related questions was 5.225 ± 2.739, and only 32.07% (1199/3739) of them showed a willingness to be vaccinated against HPV. After the intervention, the intervention group had a higher willingness to vaccinate themselves and encourage their friends to get the HPVV compared to the control group (40.39% vs 31.56%, 82.67 vs 73.18%, P < .001), and the difference in knowledge scores between the 2 groups was significant (7.917 ± 1.840 vs 5.590 ± 2.859, P < .001). In addition, 8 students in the intervention group self-reported receiving HPVV during the research period. CONCLUSIONS: This IMB model-based intervention showed positive effects on the participants' knowledge, motivation, and perceived objective skills toward HPV vaccination and has the potential to improve the vaccination among Chinese college women.
OBJECTIVE: Despite the fact that the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPVV) has been approved in mainland China since 2016, there is a lack of inoculation among Chinese college women. This multi-center, online interventional RCT based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model intended to investigate if the intervention may improve human papillomavirus vaccine acceptance and awareness among target women. METHODS: Participants were selected from comprehensive universities and allocated to 1 of 2 groups: intervention or control. After the baseline survey, participants in the intervention group were given 10-minute online IMB model-based education every day for 7 days. Self-administered questionnaire surveys on Human papillomavirus knowledge, HPVV acceptability, and IMB construct toward HPV vaccination were performed at pre- and post-intervention. RESULTS: The baseline survey was completed by 3739 female university students from the intervention (n = 1936) and control groups (n = 1803) between February and April 2020. The average score of students on 11 HPV-related questions was 5.225 ± 2.739, and only 32.07% (1199/3739) of them showed a willingness to be vaccinated against HPV. After the intervention, the intervention group had a higher willingness to vaccinate themselves and encourage their friends to get the HPVV compared to the control group (40.39% vs 31.56%, 82.67 vs 73.18%, P < .001), and the difference in knowledge scores between the 2 groups was significant (7.917 ± 1.840 vs 5.590 ± 2.859, P < .001). In addition, 8 students in the intervention group self-reported receiving HPVV during the research period. CONCLUSIONS: This IMB model-based intervention showed positive effects on the participants' knowledge, motivation, and perceived objective skills toward HPV vaccination and has the potential to improve the vaccination among Chinese college women.
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China; HPV vaccination; IMB; college women; education
Authors: Songjie Wu; Fangzhao Ming; Zhongyuan Xing; Zhiyue Zhang; Shanhui Zhu; Wei Guo; Shi Zou; Jinli Liu; Yang Liu; Ke Liang Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2022-05-09