Table 2

Questionnaire results

Vaccine acceptance
Parental consent methodInvitation to health education event (n (%))Information letter sent home (n (%))
(n=1672)
P value
Households reached with information906/3171 (28.6)1672 (100.0)* <0.0001
Acceptance per informed households498/568 (87.7)†1022 (61.1) <0.0001
Acceptance per total target group2046/3465 (59.0)1022 (61.1)0.2295
Knowledge about cervical cancer before and after intervention
Knowledge before health education event (n)Knowledge after health education event (n)Significance of change
(p value)
InadequateAdequateInadequateAdequate
Symptoms239538115662 <0.005
Screening539238288489 <0.005
Vaccination640137149628 <0.05
Total14189135521779
  • Bolded values indicate statistically significant findings

  • *Assuming that all households received the letter.

  • †Data incomplete.