Open AccessQuadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent Boys and Maternal Utilization of Preventive Care and History of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Author(s) -
Rulin C. Hechter,
Chun Chao,
Lina S. Sy,
Bradley Ackerson,
Jeff Slezak,
Margo Sidell,
Steven J. Jacobsen
Publication year - 2013
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.2013.301495
Subject(s) - medicine , genital warts , poisson regression , demography , confidence interval , young adult , medical record , gynecology , gerontology , family medicine , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , syphilis , sociology
We examined whether maternal utilization of preventive care and history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) predicted quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) uptake among adolescent boys 1 year following the recommendation for permissive use of HPV4 for males.