A Six-Week Smartphone-Based Program for HPV Prevention Among Mothers of School-Aged Boys: A Quasi-Experimental Study in South Korea.

IF 2.4 4区 医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Yun-Hee Cho, Tae-Im Kim
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Abstract

Background: Human papilloma virus (HPV) affects both males and females, but in South Korea, vaccination rates for boys are significantly lower due to cultural stigma and limited awareness. Effective strategies are needed to close this gap.

Methods: This study evaluated a 6-week smartphone-based HPV prevention program for mothers of school-aged boys, designed using the extended theory of planned behavior (E-TPB). The program aimed to enhance knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and self-efficacy, with the goal of increasing vaccination intention and uptake. The E-TPB incorporated knowledge as a key element to improve behavioral intention and vaccination uptake. A nonequivalent control group pre-test-post-test design included 54 mothers (28 in the experimental group and 26 in the control group).

Results: The experimental group showed significant improvements in HPV knowledge (p < 0.001; d = 1.41), HPV vaccine knowledge (p < 0.001; d = 1.13), attitudes (p < 0.001; r = 0.48), subjective norms (p = 0.014; d = 0.61), self-efficacy (p < 0.001; r = 0.53), and vaccination intention (p < 0.001; r = 0.58). The experimental group achieved a vaccination uptake rate of 25.0%, compared to 4.0% in the control group, representing a six-fold increase (RR = 6.25; p = 0.033; h = 0.64).

Conclusions: The program effectively addressed key factors influencing vaccination behavior, leading to significant increases in HPV vaccination rates among boys. Smartphone-based education shows promise in reducing gender disparities in vaccination uptake, though further studies with larger samples are needed to validate these findings.

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Healthcare
Healthcare Medicine-Health Policy
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3.50
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期刊介绍: Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal (free for readers), which publishes original theoretical and empirical work in the interdisciplinary area of all aspects of medicine and health care research. Healthcare publishes Original Research Articles, Reviews, Case Reports, Research Notes and Short Communications. We encourage researchers to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. For theoretical papers, full details of proofs must be provided so that the results can be checked; for experimental papers, full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Additionally, electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculations, experimental procedure, etc., can be deposited along with the publication as “Supplementary Material”.
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