HPV Vaccine Awareness

Only 56% of the 602 participants had heard of the HPV vaccine, while 44% had never heard of it. The gap between vaccination intention and awareness is informational, not attitudinal. Speaking an Indigenous language at home was associated with greater HPV vaccine awareness, not lower, suggesting linguistic cohesion facilitates information sharing. Participants from Sololá had nearly 12 times higher adjusted odds of unawareness compared to those from Chimaltenango, making departmental location the strongest single predictor. Indigenous identity was a significant predictor of HPV vaccine unawareness, with an adjusted odds ratio of 3.66 compared to non-Indigenous participants. Some participants incorrectly associated HPV with infertility or urinary tract infections, indicating areas of misinformation.