Reducing Poverty-Related Disparities in Cervical Cancer: The Role of HPV Vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Near elimination of cervical cancer in the United States is possible in coming decades, yet inequities will delay this achievement for some populations. We sought to explore the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on disparities in cervical cancer incidence between high- and low-poverty U.S. counties.

Methods

We calibrated a dynamic simulation model of HPV infection to reflect average counties in the highest and lowest quartile of poverty (percent of population below federal poverty level), incorporating data on HPV prevalence, cervical cancer screening, and HPV vaccination. We projected cervical cancer incidence through 2070, estimated absolute and relative disparities in incident cervical cancer for high- versus low-poverty counties, and compared i

SUBMITTER: Spencer JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492489 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature