Open AccessPapanicolaou Screening Behavior in Mothers and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent Girls
Author(s) -
Chun Chao,
Jeff Slezak,
Karen J. Coleman,
Steven J. Jacobsen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.147876
Subject(s) - medicine , daughter , odds ratio , vaccination , logistic regression , papanicolaou stain , demography , confidence interval , regimen , socioeconomic status , national survey of family growth , family history , sexually transmitted disease , gynecology , obstetrics , family planning , cervical cancer , syphilis , immunology , population , environmental health , cancer , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , evolutionary biology , sociology , research methodology , biology
We investigated whether maternal attitude toward prevention, as indicated by history of seeking Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and contracting sexually transmitted infections, influenced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among their adolescent daughters.