Development of an efficient strategy to improve HPV immunization coverage in Japan

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Table 3 Preconditions mothers required for their daughters’ HPV vaccination

Intention for inoculation
	Willing	Unsure/Won’t
		In the case of restart of the governmental recommendation
		Inoculate	Unsure	Won’t inoculate
Preconditions
Vaccinate without any specific conditions under suspension of the recommendation (Group A-willing)
	5/250 (2.0 %)	―	―	―
Vaccinate immediately after restart of the recommendation (Group A-restart)
	47/250 (18.8 %)	33/183 (18.0 %)	―	―
Vaccinate after friends or acquaintances have been inoculated (Precondition 1)
(Group B)
	66/250 (26.4 %)	53/183 (29.0 %)	210/1118 (18.8 %)	19/509 (3.7 %)
Vaccinate after many girls of same age group have been inoculated (Precondition 2)
(Group C)
	119/250 (47.6 %)	92/183 (50.3 %)	709/1118 (63.4 %)	126/509 (24.7 %)
Others
(Group D)
	13/250 (5.2 %)	5/183 (2.7 %)	199/1118 (17.8 %)	45/509 (8.8 %)
Won’t inoculate
(Group E)
	―	―	―	319/509 (62.8 %)
Total
	250	183	1118	509

Group A: Mothers who would vaccinate their daughters without preconditions, even under recommendation suspension (Group A-willing), and those who would vaccinate their daughters immediately after a recommendation restart, without other preconditions (Group A-restart)
Group B: Mothers who would vaccinate their daughters only after inoculation of close friends and acquaintances
Group C: Mothers who would vaccinate their daughters only after inoculation of many other girls of the same age group
Group D: Mothers who would stipulate other preconditions before they will vaccinate their daughters
Group E: Mothers who wouldn’t inoculate their daughters under any circumstances

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