Role of Race, Rurality, and Age in Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Initiation among US Women
Efforts to increase HPV vaccine uptake for future generations of women and girls in the United States should focus on rural communities, as well as Black, Hispanic, and Asian racial minorities. Because so many women within our sample had not received any HPV vaccine, we must emphasize the importance of HPV testing and cervical cancer screening, especially among aging women.
Authors
- Alta Willaert
- Antara Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2748-6309)
- John C. Higginbotham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6447-5828)
- Randi J. Henderson-Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2641-4279)
- Graham M. Jones
- Hui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9641-124X)
- Casey Macander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6724-9142)
- Marcelo Galafassi
Institutions
- University of Alabama (US)
- University of Mississippi (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Southern Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14423/smj.0000000000001813
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35