| correlates of intent to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus: an exploratory study of college-aged women. | this study identified correlates of human papillomavirus (hpv) vaccine acceptance among college-aged women. data were collected by self-administered questionnaire. in multivariate analyses, women having vaginal sex (past 12 months) were nearly four times more likely to indicate acceptance (p = 0.0001). those reporting ever having a sexually transmissible infection (sti; p = 0.03) and those indicating ever having an abnormal pap test (p = 0.03) were more likely to indicate acceptance. thus, three ... | 2007 | 17382042 |
| acceptance of the hpv vaccine for adolescent girls: analysis of state-added questions from the brfss. | previous research regarding human papillomavirus (hpv) awareness and vaccine acceptance has relied on convenience or other selected samples of the population. to assess the prevalence of hpv awareness and vaccine acceptance in kentucky we added questions to the 2006 kentucky behavioral risk factor survey system (brfss), a population-based survey of health behaviors. | 2009 | 19380090 |
| low rates of free human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among young women. | to determine uptake of quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine (quadrivalent; gardasil((r)), merck, new jersey, usa) offered under optimal conditions to women 18 to 24 years of age, and to identify predictors of uptake. | 2010 | 20719216 |