Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Rates Among U.S. Military Veteran Females and Males and Non-Veterans in the National Health Interview Survey
Veterans of both sexes are more likely to be vaccinated than their non-Veteran civilian counterparts. However, vaccination rates overall remain low. To our knowledge, ours is the first study of its kind to establish HPV vaccination rates among female Veterans. These findings underscore the important role of DoD and VA health care systems in improving HPV vaccine uptake and mitigating HPV-associated cancer risk among Veterans.
Authors
- Katherine J. Hoggatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-5438)
- Elizabeth M. Yano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9385-0025)
- Elisheva R. Danan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2925-8924)
- Kavita Vinekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4971-7697)
- Neetu Chawla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3486-2023)
- Claire T. Than
- Lillian J Dubiel
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- UCLA Health (US)
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- San Francisco VA Health Care System (US)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae490
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs