Vaccine
Volume 28, Issue 31, Pages 4859-5144 (12 July 2010)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0264410X

Short Communications
HPV vaccine acceptability among Kenyan women
Sylvia Becker-Dreps, Walter Agingu Otieno, Noel T. Brewer, Kawango Agot, Jennifer S. Smith

Abstract
As human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines become available in less-developed countries, understanding women’s attitudes towards HPV vaccines can help guide approaches to immunization programs. We assessed knowledge and interest in prophylactic HPV vaccines among Kenyan women seeking women’s health services (N = 147). They knew little about cervical cancer or HPV vaccine. Most women (95%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 92%, 99%), however, were willing to have their daughters vaccinated with a vaccine that would prevent cervical cancer, with preference for an inexpensive vaccine requiring fewer doses.