The importance of parental human papillomavirus vaccine series initiation for reducing sex disparities in human papillomavirus vaccine series initiation among children in the United States
Male children were only less likely to initiate the HPV vaccine series among children whose parents were unvaccinated against HPV. Thus, healthcare providers should engage both the parent and child in the vaccine recommendation process. Doing so may improve HPV vaccine series initiation for parents who are within the recommended age range and male children.
Authors
- Meng‐Han Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6511-156X)
- Elinita Pollard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5690-8323)
- Hunter K. Holt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-8372)
- Milkie Vu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-473X)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Illinois College (US)
- Augusta University (US)
- Prevention Institute (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Augusta University Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Preventive Medicine Reports
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103160
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00