Influences of sociodemographic characteristics and parental HPV vaccination hesitancy on HPV vaccination coverage in five US states

CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent HPV vaccination coverage remains low in our targeted states. Children's age, sex, and parental vaccine hesitancy were significantly associated with likelihood of HPV vaccination. These findings offer the opportunity for targeted interventions among parents in regions with low vaccine uptake and underscore the importance of developing and implementing strategies to address parental HPV vaccination hesitancy to improve uptake in the US.PMID:37198022 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.082

Source: Vaccine - May 17, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: T Shato S Humble A Anandarajah A Barnette H M Brandt J Garbutt L Klesges V S Thompson M I Silver Source Type: research