Japanese Mothers’ Intention to HPV Vaccinate Their Daughters: How Has It Changed over Time Because of the Prolonged Suspension of the Governmental Recommendation?
Asami Yagi,
Yutaka Ueda,
Tatsuo Masuda,
Sayaka Ikeda,
Takashi Miyatake,
Satoshi Nakagawa,
Kei Hirai,
Tomio Nakayama,
Etsuko Miyagi,
Takayuki Enomoto,
Tadashi Kimura
Affiliations
Asami Yagi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Yutaka Ueda
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Tatsuo Masuda
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Sayaka Ikeda
Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Takashi Miyatake
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Police Hospital, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0035, Japan
Satoshi Nakagawa
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Kei Hirai
Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Tomio Nakayama
Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Etsuko Miyagi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
Takayuki Enomoto
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
Tadashi Kimura
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
The trend for cervical cancer in younger women has been increasing recently in Japan. However, as a result of the suspension of governmental recommendation, Japan’s HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination rate for girls born since 2000 has dropped sharply. We conducted an internet survey in December of 2019, 76 months after the suspension of recommendation, to verify the intention of mothers to inoculate their daughter under current circumstances and compared with our previous surveys and leaflet intervention effect. The rates of mothers who replied that they would “inoculate” were significantly higher at 9 and 23 months, but by 32 months after the suspension the rate was significantly lower (p p p p p p < 0.05, respectively). We found that intervention with a leaflet that could be used under the current suspension of the governmental recommendation did not increase the mothers’ intention to inoculate their daughters. A leaflet that actively encourages vaccination may increase the intent of vaccination. It is strongly recommended that the MHLW promptly resume its recommendations for HPV vaccination.
