Publications by authors named "J Sicsic"
Introduction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in the French Caribbean has remained below 25% since introduction in 2007, which is well behind national and international targets. Using a discrete choice experiment (DCE), we explored parental preferences around HPV vaccination and optimized communication content in a sample of parents of middle-school pupils in Guadeloupe.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in public and private middle age schools in Guadeloupe in June 2023 using an online questionnaire.
Background: We explored preferences around the benefit-risk ratio (BRR) of vaccination among the general adult population and health care sector workers (HCSWs). We estimated preference weights and expected vaccine uptake for different BRR levels for a vaccine recommended during an infectious disease emergence. In addition, we explored how far qualitative information about disease severity, epidemiological context, and indirect protection interacts with these preferences.
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- HPV vaccination rates in France are low, with only 50.1% of adolescents and 45.5% of parents having received the vaccine, highlighting the importance of parental consent in the vaccination process.
- A study involving 649 parent-adolescent pairs examined how adolescents' intentions to get vaccinated influence their parents' decisions, revealing that parents of girls are more influenced by both their own readiness and their daughters' intentions, while parents of boys mainly rely on their own readiness.
- The social environment plays a more significant role in shaping vaccine intentions among boys compared to girls, indicating that interventions promoting HPV vaccination should target both adolescents and their social circles to improve parental vaccination intentions.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage was <50% in France in 2022 and even lower among socially disadvantaged populations. We aimed to evaluate socio-demographic determinants of HPV vaccine awareness, uptake, and intention among parents of adolescents, and related attitudes and knowledge items. Parents of adolescents attending middle schools across France, who participated in a randomized trial responded to an anonymous baseline survey, conducted between November 2021 and February 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: With the aim to optimize communication during HPV vaccination campaigns in France, we elicited parental preferences around HPV vaccination.
Methods: We conducted a single-profile discrete choice experiment (DCE) among parents of 11- to 14-year-old middle-school pupils, who completed an anonymous, self-administered, internet-based questionnaire during 2020-2021. The DCE comprised five attributes (vaccine-preventable disease, justification of optimal age, information on safety, indirect protection and coverage) of vaccination against an unnamed disease that were presented to respondents in ten choice tasks, or scenarios.