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If the target of free vaccination for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer, is expanded from girls to boys, most of the guardians are willing to vaccinate.
According to the ‘Evaluation of the Impact of the First Step Clinic Project for Healthy Women’ published in the latest issue of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 3rd, 50.5% of the guardians answered ‘yes’ answered.
Only 8.1% answered ‘no’. The remaining 41.4% were carers without a son.
Among parents with sons, 86.2% expressed their intention to have their boys vaccinated against HPV.
This survey was conducted for one month from November 2, 2020, targeting 1,000 guardians of the inoculation group among those eligible for the 2018 First Step Clinic Project for Healthy Women (girls born between 2005 and 2006).
The First Step Clinic for Healthy Women started in 2016 as a national vaccination support project that provides two doses of HPV vaccination (bivalent or quadrivalent) to 12-year-old female adolescents. From this year, the target of vaccination has been expanded to include female adolescents aged 13-17 years and low-income women aged 18-26 years old.
When asked who should be given the free HPV vaccination first, the highest response was ‘a girl who missed the free vaccination period’ with 41.2%.
It was followed by males with 26.4%, followed by adult females (24.0%), remaining the same (6.8%), and adult males (1.6%).
Even among experts, there were many opinions about the need for HPV vaccination in boys.
In a survey of 736 experts in pediatrics, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology, 29.1% suggested that the business promotion and education of the first step clinic for healthy women should be strengthened, and 17.4% indicated that the introduction of vaccination for boys was necessary. suggested that
Regarding male vaccination, experts said, “It is necessary to introduce free vaccination to boys as soon as possible, and an approach to sexual education and growth and development is also needed.” It would be good” and “It is effective when male students are vaccinated together.”
In addition, there were opinions that it would be good to switch and expand the Gardasil 9-valent inoculation (10.5%) and expand the age for inoculation (7.9%).
Meanwhile, most of the guardians (61.2%) said that they learned about HPV vaccination through the school notice.
Only 24.9% of the respondents said they received health counseling provided with HPV vaccination. More than half, 59.0%, said they did not receive it.
Parents who said that their children received health counseling were mostly satisfied with the content of the counseling (34.1% very satisfied, 50.6% generally satisfied).
However, they asked for improvements, such as providing detailed counseling (31.3%) about menstruation and dysmenorrhea or providing additional counseling on growth and development (22.9%).
Also, 80.4% of carers said they did not know what type of HPV vaccine their child received.
The report said, “The need for evaluation of the introduction of the expansion of HPV vaccination targets (boys, age, and 9-valent vaccines) has increased, but the national vaccination program must be continued for a long time when introduced and is a project that pays a huge national budget, so a thorough review of the issues is necessary. necessary,” he said.
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