Trends and Characteristics Associated With Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States, 2014–2017

We examined trends in HPV vaccine uptake among young US MSM between 2014 and 2017. Methods Cochran-Armitage tests and estimated annual percentage changes were used to examine annual trends (2014–2017) in HPV vaccination initiation among US MSM ≤26 years as of 2011 who participated in a nationwide annual cross-sectional online survey. We identified independent correlates of HPV vaccination in 2017 using Poisson regression modeling. Results There were 2,381 participants in 2014; 4,143 in 2015; 3,926 in 2016; and 3,407 in 2017. Mean age was 23.5 years, 39% lived in metropolitan areas, and 37% lived in the South. HPV vaccination significantly increased (P
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