Association of caregiver attitudes with adolescent HPV vaccination in 13 southern US states.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

 HPV vaccination coverage is lower than that of other adolescent vaccines in the southern US. This study sought to characterize caregiver attitudes associated with adolescent HPV vaccination in the southern US and to inform interventions to promote HPV vaccination.

Methods

From December 2019 - January 2020, caregivers of adolescents (ages 9-17 years) living in thirteen southern US states were recruited from a nationally-representative online survey panel. Caregivers (N = 1,105) completed a cross-sectional survey that assessed general adolescent vaccine attitudes as well as those associated with the HPV vaccine and HPV vaccination decision-making. The primary study outcome was adolescents' receipt of at least one dose of the HPV vaccine.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Vasudevan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250032 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature