HPV vaccination coverage and factors among American Indians in Cherokee Nation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We estimated human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine initiation coverage among American Indian adolescents and identified factors associated with HPV vaccination among parents of these adolescents.

Methods

We developed, tested, and disseminated a survey to a random sample of 2,000 parents of American Indian adolescents aged 9-17 years who had accessed Cherokee Nation Health Services from January 2019 to August 2020. We used log-binomial regression to estimate the unadjusted and adjusted weighted prevalence proportion ratios (PPR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for adolescent HPV vaccine initiation.

Results

HPV vaccine initiation coverage (≥ 1 dose) was 70.7% among adolescents aged 13-17 years. The prevalence of HPV vaccine initiation was higher among American In

SUBMITTER: Gopalani SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9768789 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature