FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLETION OF THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE SERIES AMONG HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC WHITE ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATES

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dc.contributor.advisorCarter-Pokras, Oliviaen_US
dc.contributor.authorDemarco, Maria Teresaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-08T06:01:09Z
dc.date.available2011-10-08T06:01:09Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite recommendations of three Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine shots for all adolescent girls, only 29.1% of non-Hispanic Whites and 23.4% of Hispanics achieve completion. This study describes factors associated with completion of the HPV vaccine series among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White 13-17 year old girls who initiated the series. A secondary data analysis was performed of the cross-sectional 2009 National Immunization Survey-Teen survey. Despite similar initiation rates (one in five), Hispanic girls who had initiated the series (59.9%) were less likely to complete the series than non-Hispanic Whites (76.4%). After accounting for poverty status and home ownership, Hispanics were less likely to complete the HPV vaccine series. Factors associated with HPV vaccine series initiation were age at interview and age at HPV vaccine series initiation for Hispanics; and continuous health insurance since age of 11, mother's marital status, and number of children in the household for non-Hispanic Whites.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11961
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPublic healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadolescent healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhealth disparitiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHPVen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvaccineen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwomen's healthen_US
dc.titleFACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLETION OF THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE SERIES AMONG HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC WHITE ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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