The Influential Factors of Information Exposure and Trust on HPV Vaccination Intention of Female College Students

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_19How to use a DOI?

Keywords

HPV; vaccination intention; information source exposure; information source trust; HBM

Abstract

Human papillomavirus vaccine has a certain effect on the prevention of cervical cancer. Female college students, as the appropriate age group for the vaccination, not only pay attention to their health but also have a certain ability to contact information. Taking this group as the research object makes the research have strong pertinency. Understanding the informational elements, psychological factors, and the interactions between them that affect HPV vaccination intentions is crucial for increasing vaccine coverage in this group. This study used a pathway analysis to investigate, using the health belief model, the impacts of exposure to information sources and trust on health beliefs and intention to immunize Chinese students against HPV. Survey results from 456 Chinese college-aged women were used to compile the data. The results demonstrated that formal and informal information sources had a higher influence on vaccination knowledge and desire to use vaccines. The two variables that demonstrate the evaluation of vaccination behavior, perceived susceptibility and perceived benefit, performed substantial mediation roles in this process. This type of mediation effect test may assist female college students give a new theoretical foundation for the strategy for promoting and mobilizing local HPV vaccination in China. It can also enhance the research of the HPV vaccine dispersion model and health transmission impact.

Copyright

© 2023 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinyu Wang
AU  - Wanzheng Yuan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - The Influential Factors of Information Exposure and Trust on HPV Vaccination Intention of Female College Students
BT  - Proceedings of the  2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 181
EP  - 194
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_19
ID  - Wang2023
ER  -