A Population-Based Study of Sociodemographic and Geographic Variation in HPV Vaccination.

ABSTRACT: Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in the United States remain low and lag behind other recommended adolescent vaccines. Studies evaluating the association of geographic and area-level characteristics with HPV vaccination rates provide a valuable resource for public health planning.Method: We used the Rochester Epidemiology Project data linkage system to ascertain HPV vaccination rates between 2010 and 2015 in a 7-county region of southern Minnesota. Geocoded individual patient data were spatially linked to socioeconomic data from the American Community Survey at the census block group level. Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression was used to model incident vaccination rates, adjusting for individual- and area-level sociodemographic characteristics, a

SUBMITTER: Finney Rutten LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5405772 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature