Adolescents desire vaccines even if their parents dont believe in them

Alesadro Scarrotta and Francesco Chiarelli, Attitudes toward Vaccination: Different Points of View
Girls of age of 12 to 13-year form their own views on HPV vaccination. This is demonstrated by a questionnaire sent to parents,

42% of girls,
whose parents refused vaccination, stated that they wanted the vaccine; 10% of those
successively completed by 553 daughters: 77% (422) had shared with their parents in the vaccine decision;

who were vaccinated did not want the vaccine. Often the girl had perceived that the vaccine was painful and there were
exaggerated rumors of serious adverse events and needle scares: in fact, if 54% felt that the vaccine was very important, 39% of
vaccinated girls do not recommend it to others. Vaccination reminded the risks of sexual contact to 79% of girls, but 14% agreed
they might take more sexual risks because vaccinated [41].
However, many adolescents demonstrate a marginal willingness to receive the HPV vaccine and a lack of awareness of personal risk
for acquiring HPV. In any case, they prefer to have an advice from a parent or physician when deciding whether or not to accept the
HPV vaccine

Adolescents desire vaccines and they understand their usefulness

Melissa Kemberling, Alaska Native adolescent views on cervical cancer, the human papillomavirus
(HPV), genital warts and the quadrivalent HPV vaccine

Of the full sample size of 13-15 and 13-18 year olds in the survey. 52% indicated
that they would consent to having the vaccine out of fear of the disease.

Metastudies show that adolescents do accept vaccines

Heather L Gamble, Factors Influencing Familial Decision-Making Regarding Vaccination
Current research on adolescent attitudes regarding HPV immunization separate from parental attitudes is limited in scope, perhaps

Studies on adolescent acceptance of STI

vaccination have shown high levels of acceptance (Rosenthal, Kottenhahn, Biro, &
Succop, 1995; Zimet, Blythe, & Fortenberry, 2000; Zimet, Fortenberry, & Blythe,
1999; Zimet, Mays, Winston, et al., 2000
reflecting the dominant role of parents in the vaccination decision.

Research shows that a majority of adolescents desire vaccines and are even willing
to pay for them.
Donald R. Hoover, Attitudes of Adolescent/Young Adult Women toward Human Papillomavirus
Vaccination and Clinical Trials

68% declared that they ae

likely to pay for the vaccines even if insurance does not cover the costs . Only 15%
would be extremely likely to pay for an HPV vaccine if the costs were not covered
by insurance; 31.7% would be either somewhat or extremely unlikely to pay for an HPV vaccine. By a factor of 5 to 1 (83.3%
Table 3 presents responses to questions about attitudes toward HPV vaccinations.

versus 16.7%, p < 0.001) women preferred a vaccine that protected against 70% of cancer and 100% of genital warts to one that
protected against 85% of cancer but had no protection against genital warts. Almost 70% felt that men should receive a vaccine
against oncogenic HPV to protect potential sexual partners even though men did.