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Table 1 Acceptability of messages among 38 responding parents

From: A feasibility trial of parent HPV vaccine reminders and phone-based motivational interviewing

 

Postcard

N (%)

Text Message

N (%)

Total

N (%)

Total

19

19

38

All parents should receive a reminder

15 (79%)

16 (84%)

31 (82%)

Remembered receiving message

12 (63%)

9 (47%)

21 (55%)

 Reminders were easy to understand

12 (100%)

9 (100%)

21 (100%)

 Trusted information on reminders

12 (100%)

9 (100%)

21 (100%)

 Liked receiving the reminders

9 (75%)

8 (89%)

17 (81%)

 Reaction to message

  Any conversations or information seeking

7 (63%)

6 (67%)

13 (62%)

  Spoke with your child about the HPV vaccine

2 (17%)

3 (33%)

5 (24%)

  Looked up the HPV vaccine on the Internet

3 (25%)

3 (33%)

6 (29%)

  Spoke with friends or family or read about it

2 (17%)

0 (0%)

2 (10%)

 Believed message told about HPV vaccine

  Benefits

11 (92%)

7 (77%)

18 (86%)

  Costs

6 (50%)

6 (67%)

12 (57%)

  Safety

10 (83%)

6 (67%)

16 (76%)