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ArticlePapillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2019

School-based human papillomavirus vaccination program for increasing vaccine uptake in an underserved area in Texas.

Sapna Kaul, Thuy Quynh N Do, Enshuo Hsu, Kathleen M Schmeler, Jane R Montealegre, Ana M Rodriguez

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Article in Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sapna KaulDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Thuy Quynh N DoDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Enshuo HsuOffice of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Kathleen M SchmelerDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jane R MontealegreDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Office of Outreach and Health Disparities, Baylor College of Medicine, USA.
Ana M RodriguezDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA; Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address: an3rodri@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USBaylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

UTMB Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001439 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI URBAN, RANDALL J · 2015 to 2024
$40.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCompare the effectiveness of community-based HPV-related education and onsite school-based vaccination versus community-based education only for increasing HPV vaccine uptake in a rural, medically underserved area.

methodsOur cohort included 2307 Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District (RGCISD) middle school students from 3 schools enrolled in August 2016 and followed until April 2018. Using a quasi-experimental design, this study implemented an onsite school-based vaccination program and physician-led education on HPV and HPV vaccines for parents/guardians, school nurses/staff, and pediatric/family providers in the surrounding community (15-mile radius of RGCCISD) at 1 middle school ("intervention school"), and education-only for the remaining 2 schools ("comparison schools"). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's HPV-related educational materials supplemented the education. HPV vaccine status was obtained from school immunization records and the project's contracted vaccine vendor. HPV vaccine initiation and completion rates were compared pre and post intervention and between the intervention and comparison schools. Logistic regression was used to compare the odds of newly initiating/completing vaccination between the intervention and comparison schools.

resultsAt baseline, the intervention school had lower HPV vaccine initiation and completion rates than the comparison schools (20.00% and 8.70% vs 28.97% and 14.56%). Post intervention, the intervention school had higher initiation and completion rates than the comparison schools (53.67% and 28.36% vs 41.56% and 20.53%). Students from the intervention school were over 3.6-times more likely to newly initiate/complete the HPV vaccinations than students from the comparison schools.

conclusionThe school with on-site vaccination events and community-based education had a higher adolescent HPV vaccination rate compared to schools that received community-based education only.

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Immunization ProgramsSchoolsVaccination CoverageAdolescentChildFemaleHealth EducationHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMedically Underserved AreaOdds RatioOutcome Assessment, Health CarePapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesPublic Health SurveillancePapillomavirus VaccinesAdolescentsHPV vaccineHuman papillomavirusMiddle schoolsSchool-based vaccination programUnited States

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PMID31654772
PMCPMC6838925
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