A survey of Japanese mothers on the effectiveness of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s revised HPV vaccine leaflet

Figures & data

Figure 1. Survey procedure

Table 1. Before being presented with the MHLW leaflet, the correlation between a mother’s intention to get her daughter vaccinated and her prior awareness of the leaflet

Before presenting	Aware of the leaflet n (%)	No aware of the leaflet n (%)	Total	p value
Vaccination is important and I have already got my daughter vaccinated.	3 (8.3)	21 (6.3)	24 (6.4)	.717
I want to get my daughter vaccinated soon	3 (8.3)	12 (3.6)	15 (4.0)	.1684
Vaccinate if conditions are met	15 (41.7)	132 (39.3)	147 (39.5)	.8581
if the MHLW resumes the recommendation	12 (33.3)	69 (20.5)	81 (22.0)	.0894
if the acquaintance vaccinates	0 (0)	5 (1.5)	5 (1.3)	1
if many children of the same generation vaccinate	3 (8.3)	58 (17.3)	61 (16.4)	.236
I don’t know/Do not vaccinate	15 (41.7)	171 (50.9)	186 (50.0)	.3808
Total	36 (100)	336 (100)	372 (100)

Table 2. After being presented with the leaflet, mother’s intention to get their daughters vaccinated

	After presenting
Before presenting	Positive	No change	Negative	Total
I want to get my daughter vaccinated soon	13 (86.7) **	1 (7.7)	1 (7.7)	15
Vaccine if conditions are met	88 (60.7) **	50 (34.5) *	7 (4.8) *	145
I don’t know/Do not vaccinate	52 (28.3)	94 (51.1) **	38 (20.7) **	184