Open AccessStatewide HPV Vaccine Initiation Among Adolescent Females in North Carolina
Author(s) -
Paul L. Reiter,
Joan R. Cates,
AnnieLaurie McRee,
Sami L. Gottlieb,
Autumn Shafer,
Jennifer S. Smith,
Noel T. Brewer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181d73bf8
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , vaccination , odds ratio , daughter , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , population , cervical cancer , meningococcal vaccine , pediatrics , immunology , environmental health , immunization , cancer , physics , evolutionary biology , sociology , antigen , optics , biology
Cervical cancer incidence in the United States may be greatly reduced through widespread human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. We estimated the statewide level of HPV vaccine initiation among adolescent girls in North Carolina and identified correlates of vaccine initiation.
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