Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Practices: A Survey of US Physicians 18 Months After Licensure

2010241 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Matthew F. Daley · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Lori A. Crane · University of Colorado Denver

Lauri E. Markowitz · National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention

Sandra R. Black · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Brenda L. Beaty · Children's Hospital Colorado

Jennifer Barrow · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Christine Babbel

Abstract

Eighteen months after licensure, the vast majority of pediatricians and family physicians reported offering HPV vaccine. Fewer physicians strongly recommended the vaccine for younger adolescents than for older adolescents, and physicians reported financial obstacles to vaccination.

Topics & Keywords

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Hepatitis B Virus Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 126, Issue 3, pp. 425-433

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3500

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