Worsening disparities in HPV vaccine utilization among 19-26 year old women

Amanda Dempsey, Lisa Cohn, Vanessa Dalton, Mack Ruffin

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Abstract

We evaluated the characteristics associated with uptake of HPV vaccine by 19-26 year old women seen in primary care university-based clinics. Of the 11,545 women analyzed only 18% had initiated the 3-dose vaccine series. Series completion among the sample overall was only 10% in the 30 month study period. Decreased series initiation was associated with older age, public insurance, white race and non-family medicine specialty. Decreased series completion was associated with public insurance and African American race. Utilization disparities by race and insurance worsened over time suggesting that the highest risk populations of women were not getting vaccinated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)528-534
Number of pages7
JournalVaccine
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 10 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Medicine
  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • General Veterinary
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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