Sexual orientation identity disparities in awareness and initiation of the human papillomavirus vaccine among U.S. women and girls a National Survey

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-106

  Agénor, Madina ^a   Peitzmeier, Sarah ^b   Gordon, Allegra R ^a   Haneuse, Sebastien ^a   Potter, Jennifer E ^c   Austin, S Bryn ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LESBIANISM; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938217005     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2108     Document Type: Article

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