Primary care physician support for harmonizing HPV vaccination recommendations across genders — United States, 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Vaccine
• Personal Author:
  Meites, Elissa ; Markowitz, Lauri E. ; Kempe, Allison ; O’Leary, Sean T. ; Crane, Lori A. ; Hurley, Laura P. ; Brtnikova, Michaela ; Beaty, Brenda L. ; Stokley, Shannon ; Lindley, Megan C.
• Description:
  In the United States, human papillomavirus (HPV) catch-up vaccination has been nationally recommended for women and men of different ages. We surveyed national networks of primary care physicians specializing in family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine to assess attitudes about HPV vaccination. Of 785 physicians, 730 (93.0%), were in favor of a change to harmonize the recommended catch-up vaccination age across genders; the most commonly cited reason was to simplify the immunization schedule (97.9%). After considering these and other data, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated national policy to recommend catch-up vaccination for all persons through age 26 years.
• Subjects:
  Adult Article Child Female Health Policy Humans Immunization Schedule Male Papillomavirus Infections Papillomavirus Vaccines Physicians Physicians, Primary Care Practice Guidelines As Topic United States Vaccination Young Adult

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• Source:
  Vaccine. 38(21):3699-3701
• Pubmed ID:
  32276802
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7234803
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 IP001072/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States ; U01IP001072/ACL/ACL HHS/United States
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  21
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:edb8946c092bc674f896006137cf1c3fe0018a95adb96f83505b4c255894f1d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/88160/cdc_88160_DS1.pdf
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