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Uptake, coverage, and completion of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in the vaccine safety Datalink, July 2006-June 2011
- Source :
- The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 53(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Purpose The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) for use in females in June 2006 and in males in October 2009. The objective of our study was to describe HPV4 uptake, single-dose coverage, and completion of the three-dose series among those 9–26 years of age, after the respective female and male vaccine licensures through June 2011. Methods The study population included members of eight managed care organizations participating in the Vaccine Safety Datalink; we abstracted demographic and comprehensive vaccine information from electronic health records. Results We found one-dose coverage increasing throughout the study period, to a high of 37.7% among females and 1.3% among males in June 2011. Among those receiving at least one HPV4 dose, three-dose series completion was 42% for females and 30.2% for males. Conclusions Our results demonstrate low initiation and completion of the HPV4 series among those recommended to receive the vaccine. Although consistent with previous studies, these results highlight the continued need to develop, implement, and monitor strategies to increase HPV4 vaccine initiation and completion in younger adolescents to achieve maximum impact in reducing the burden of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
Immunization, Secondary
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
HPV vaccines
Off-label use
Article
Young Adult
Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18
Medicine
Electronic Health Records
Humans
Papillomavirus Vaccines
Young adult
Child
Cervical cancer
business.industry
Gardasil
Data Collection
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Age Factors
Health Maintenance Organizations
Off-Label Use
medicine.disease
Drug Utilization
United States
Vaccination
Psychiatry and Mental health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Immunology
Population study
Managed care
Female
business
medicine.drug
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18791972
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3ab104e67c359bce824cadc778e9f5bf