Evaluation of an Inpatient Postpartum Human Papillomavirus Immunization Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the result of an inpatient postpartum human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization pilot program in a diverse, low-income patient population from an urban, hospital-based obstetrics and gynecology clinic.

Methods

In this cohort study, we present results from the first 2 years of the inpatient postpartum HPV immunization program, in which vaccine-eligible postpartum women were identified and immunized during their hospital stays. The program was implemented after educational outreach with prenatal and postpartum clinicians and nurses. Associations between receipt of the HPV vaccine as an inpatient and the characteristics of patients, and the likelihood of and missed opportunities for receiving a subsequent dose of the HPV vaccine as an outpatient were determi

SUBMITTER: Avni-Singer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584732 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature