Journal
CLINICAL PEDIATRICS
Volume 54, Issue 14, Pages 1328-1333Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0009922815579687
Keywords
human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine; vaccine initiation; vaccine completion; correlates; adolescent girls
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- Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) [K12HD052023]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- NICHD at National Institutes of Health
- Office of the Director (OD)
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Objective. To examine correlates of vaccine series completion among young adolescent US girls who initiated the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Methods. We analyzed National Immunization Survey-Teens 2012 provider-verified data to examine correlates of HPV vaccine completion among 13- to 17-year-old girls who initiated HPV vaccine in 2012 (N = 4548). Results. The weighted vaccine series completion rate among 13- to 17-year-old girl initiators was 66.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 64.0-69.3). Adolescent girls who were older, residents of the Northeast (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR], 1.36; 95% CI, 1.07-1.73), and had provider-verified seasonal influenza vaccination in the past year (aPR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.32-2.11) and provider recommendation (aPR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.10-1.77) were more likely to complete the 3-dose vaccine series. Conclusions. Parents of younger adolescent girls need to be educated about the importance of completing the 3-dose HPV vaccine series. Provider recommendation for the vaccine would also facilitate series completion.
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