Abstract
Objective: Evaluate the acceptance, beliefs, and level of knowledge of parents or guardians of children and adolescents, between 9 and 14 years old, about the HPV vaccine. Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study, involving 300 parents or guardians of children and adolescents between 9 and 14 years old, carried out between august 2019 and december 2020, through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Demonstrated statistically significant associations to be female and to have heard of HPV (p = 0.003), to be female and to have heard about the HPV vaccine (p = <0.001), to have a higher level of education and to vaccinate their children against HPV (p = <0.001), having a religion and believing that vaccination would stimulate their children's early sexual life (p = 0.01) and belonging to the evangelical and Jehovah's Witness religions and not vaccinating children against HPV (p = 0.01). Conclusion: For the studied sample, the higher level of education of parents and religious beliefs were essential for adherence to vaccination, making it clear the need for the existing information transmission mechanisms to be revised so that they really reach their goals. purposes with the population of Boa Vista.