Watkins, Kellie L.Reitzel, Lorraine R.Wetter, David W.McNeill, Lorna2017-05-222017-05-222015Watkins, Kellie L., Reitzel, Lorraine R., Wetter, David W., et al.. "HPV Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes among Older African-American Women." <i>American Journal of Health Behavior,</i> 39, no. 2 (2015) Ingenta Connect: 205-211. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.39.2.7.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/94330Objective: To assess correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness, knowledge, and attitudes among older, church-going African-American women.ﾠMethods: Participants (N = 759), aged 40-80, answered survey questions about HPV awareness, knowledge, and attitudes toward vaccination of adolescent daughters. Associations between participant characteristics and HPV items were assessed using chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses.ﾠResults: Younger age, higher education, a family history of cancer, and less spirituality were each associated with HPV awareness individually, and when considered jointly in a single model (p values <.038). Higher education was related to HPV knowledge (p = .006).ﾠConclusions: African-American women of older age, less education, no family history of cancer, and/or higher spirituality might benefit from targeted church-based HPV educational campaigns.engThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Ingenta Connect.Journal articleAfrican-American womenchurchHPVhttps://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.39.2.7