Abstract:
Background: - In Ethiopia, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been introduced since
2018. The vaccination program targets girls age 9-14 years; the success of vaccination depends
on the parental decision to vaccinate their daughters. However most of the parents not want HPV
vaccination for their daughters as they not have sufficient knowledge and unfavorable attitude
towards the HPV vaccine. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude
and practice towards HPV vaccine and associated factors among parents of daughter in Nekemte
town, West Ethiopia, 2022
Method: -Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 561 parents of
daughter and selected by simple random sampling technique from January 5-February 28, 2022.
The data were collected by using face-to-face interview administration and entered into Epi data
version 3.1 then, exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to
describe the variable of the study. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression
analyses were used to examine the association. The Odds Ratio (OR), 95% CI, and p-values less
than 0.05 were used to determine the statistical association.
Results: A total of 561 study participants with a response rate of 97% were included in the
study. Among participants in this study, 267(47.5%) have good knowledge, 285(50.8%) have
favorable attitude towards HPV vaccine and 268(47.8%) got their daughters vaccinated.
Favorable attitude towards HPV vaccine (AOR=3.868, 95% CI= 2.31, 6.4) was associated with
the knowledge of parents. Attitude of parents towards HPV vaccine was affected by good
knowledge about HPV vaccine (AOR=2.81,95% CI1.78,4.45). Being government employee
(AOR = 2.67, 95% CI=1.21, 5.89), higher monthly income (AOR = 4.93, 95% CI= 2.19, 11.08),
good knowledge on HPV (AOR = 1.78, 95% CI= 1.1, 2.8) and favorable attitude towards the
vaccine (AOR = 2.71, 95% CI=1.64, 4.48) were significantly associated with the practice of
HPV vaccine
Conclusions: The knowledge, attitude and practice of parents towards the HPV vaccine were
low. Good knowledge on HPV and positive attitude towards the vaccine were associated with
practice of HPV vaccine. Therefore, it is necessary to educate the community members on HPV
and HPV vaccine as HPV vaccination is the most effective way to prevent cervical cancer and its
related diseases.
