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Improving HPV Vaccination Rates in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Pediatric Population
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Published:July 2023
Joanne E. Cox, MD, Laura M. Bogart, PhD, Marc N. Elliott, PhD, Amy J. Starmer, MD, MPH, Patricia Meleedy-Rey, MPH, MBA, Kathy Goggin, PhD, Taruna Banerjee, MPH, CPPS, Ronald C. Samuels, MD, MPH, Phillip D. Hahn, MPH, Alexandra Epee-Bounya, MD, Sophie Allende-Richter, MD, Chong-Min Fu, MS, Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD, 2023. "Improving HPV Vaccination Rates in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Pediatric Population", Pediatric Collections: Adolescent Health Care Part 2: Reproductive Health, American Academy of Pediatrics
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nationally, 54.2% of youth are fully vaccinated for human papilloma virus (HPV) with persistent gender and racial/ethnic disparities. We used a quality improvement approach to improve completion of the HPV vaccine series by age 13 years. As a secondary aim, we examined racial/ethnic and gender differences in vaccine uptake.
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