Teacher beliefs and attitudes regarding the human papillomavirus vaccine. Public school. Paraguay 2016

Abstract

The study was carried out with the objective of describing the teachers’ beliefs and attitudes regarding the vaccine against human papillomavirus in a public school, San Lorenzo Paraguay 2016. This research is qualitative, observational design, descriptive in scope and grounded theory in the data; The sample was represented by 10 teachers whose students comprised the vaccination cohort from the fourth to the sixth grade. The study area covered the Public School of San Lorenzo, a semi structured interview was conducted to teachers, as an instrument was used an open question guide based on the categories of analysis: socio-demographic data, teachers’ beliefs towards the vaccine HPV and teacher attitudes toward HPV vaccine. The results reflect that teachers at the San Lorenzo Public School experience feelings of uncertainty about the human papillomavirus HPV vaccine because of the lack of information and awareness of the HPV vaccine. They express beliefs and attitudes of fear towards possible effects that may occur in girls which could lead to a rejection of the biological in educational institutions.