HPV vaccination coverage and course completion rates for Indigenous Australian adolescents, 2015.
CONCLUSION: HPV vaccine coverage is high, but course completion is generally lower for Indigenous adolescents. Strategies for improving completion rates for Indigenous Australians are needed to end the higher burden of cervical cancer among Indigenous than non-Indigenous women.
PMID: 31179546 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Med J Aust - Category: General Medicine Authors: Brotherton JM, Winch KL, Chappell G, Banks C, Meijer D, Ennis S, Peterson K, Webby R, Whop LJ Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research
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