Provider Communication, Prompts, and Feedback to Improve
HPV Vaccination Rates in Resident Clinics
Increasing
HPV vaccination rates «goes back to the importance of health care provider's recommending the vaccine to parents and patients,» he said.
National leaders and cancer center representatives recently met in Houston to review strategies for improving
HPV vaccination rates.
Florida has one of the lowest
HPV vaccination rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
«What is not encouraging is that girls living in predominantly high - poverty non-Hispanic black communities have
HPV vaccination rates that are lower than rates for Hispanics,» added Henry.
«The higher
HPV vaccination rates among girls living in poor communities and majority Hispanic communities, which also tend to have high poverty rates, are encouraging because these communities often have higher cervical cancer rates, but continued cervical cancer screening of vaccinated and unvaccinated women is needed because the vaccine does not cover all cancer - causing HPV types and sexually active women could have been infected prior to vaccination.»
The researchers also found that
the HPV vaccination rates among Hispanic girls differed depending on the racial composition of the community in which the girls lived.
«We also must remember that the majority of cervical cancers occur in women who have not had any recent screening and that increasing
HPV vaccination rates will also be important to reducing cervical cancer rates in the future,» she added.
Such efforts may help increase
HPV vaccination rates and decrease cervical cancer rates in Appalachian Kentucky.
SURE SHOT In the United States,
HPV vaccination rates lag for girls and boys.
HPV vaccination rates lag behind the national coverage goal of 80 percent for 13 - to 15 - year - olds.
Not exact matches
A 2015 study in JAMA Internal Medicine of 12 - to 18 - year - old girls found no evidence to link
HPV vaccination with higher
rates of sexually transmitted infections.
If a shift in public health policy were to result in an increase in male
vaccinations, experts say, at the very least
rates of females»
HPV - associated cancers would decrease as a result of fewer infections acquired from men.
According to the researchers continued surveillance of
HPV vaccination is necessary to identify clinical benefits, particularly given the low
rate of vaccine uptake and completion and
vaccination of many young women after sexual debut.
It is not known if the occurrence of these conditions after
HPV vaccination merely reflects the background
rates in girls and young women or represents a true increased risk, according to background information in the article.
Because
rates of
HPV vaccination in girls have been low, it's important to vaccinate boys as part of the public health strategy to prevent cervical cancer, Schaffner said.
The
rate of
vaccination for
HPV is lower than for other vaccines recommended for adolescents, including tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and meningococcal disease.
Male
HPV vaccination programs have been available to the public since 2009 and the
vaccination rate remains low in the United States.
«
HPV prevalence
rates among US men,
vaccination coverage.»
MD Anderson's
HPV - Related Cancers Moon Shot is working to identify practical solutions and strategies to enhance awareness, improve
vaccination rates and ultimately impact incidence and mortality of
HPV - related malignancies.
«Yet, despite increased public education and advocacy efforts,
vaccination rates against
HPV remain unacceptably low.»
Another approach to increasing
vaccination rates is to «normalize»
HPV vaccines, he said.