In Denmark, parents have needed to deal with inconsistent presentations of risk regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. This has complicated the parents' task of making a decision about having their daughters vaccinated. In this article, I analyse how Danish parents engage with digital media when making this decision. The results are based on interviews with 18 Danish parents of girls aged 10–13 years old. In my analysis of the interviews, I found that parents align with one of two Discourses when engaging with digital media in relation to HPV vaccination: one centralised and one decentralised. In the centralised Discourse, parents leave it up to other actors such as health authorities to manage the risks of vaccination, thus limiting the experienced need to engage with digital media; in the decentralised Discourse, however, parents themselves assess potential risks, thereby increasing the need to engage with digital media. As a result, I discuss why some parents can consider it necessary to struggle to engage in literacies when making decisions about complex health topics, even when there are clear government recommendations.

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谁最了解？人类乳头瘤病毒疫苗接种相关话语中的健康风险和数字媒体参与

在丹麦，父母需要处理与人乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 疫苗接种相关的风险不一致的情况。这使父母做出让女儿接种疫苗的决定的任务变得复杂。在本文中，我分析了丹麦父母在做出此决定时如何与数字媒体互动。结果基于对 18 位丹麦 10 至 13 岁女孩父母的访谈。在我对采访的分析中，我发现父母在使用与 HPV 疫苗接种相关的数字媒体时会选择两种话语之一：一种是集中式的，一种是分散式的。在集中式 Discourse 中，父母将管理疫苗接种风险的工作交给卫生当局等其他参与者，从而限制了与数字媒体互动的经验需求；然而，在分散的话语中，父母自己评估潜在风险，从而增加了参与数字媒体的需求。因此，我讨论了为什么一些父母在就复杂的健康话题做出决定时会认为有必要努力学习识字，即使有明确的政府建议。