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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Age at First Sexual Activity, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Thursday, 13th of October 2016 Print
  1. 1.   CLIN PEDIATR September 8, 2016 0009922816660541

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Age at First Sexual Activity, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

  1. Emiko Y. Petrosky, MD, MPH1
  2. Gui Liu, MPH1
  3. Susan Hariri, PhD1
  4. Lauri E. Markowitz, MD1
  5. Emiko Y. Petrosky, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. Email: xfq7@cdc.gov
1.    1National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

Abstract below; full text is available to journal subscribers.

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) collects information on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination history as well as sexual activity. We evaluated data from NHANES to assess report of HPV vaccination with ≥1 dose and 3 doses among females and males aged 11 to 26 years during 2007-2014. We also examined age at first vaccine dose and age at first sexual activity among females aged 14 to 26 years. Vaccination significantly increased in females aged 13 to 26 years, but not among 11- to 12-year-old girls, and remained low for both females and males. In NHANES 2011-2014, among females with known age at first vaccine dose, 43.1% reported having had sex before or in the same year they received their first HPV vaccine, and this varied by race/ethnicity. Clinicians should provide strong recommendations consistent with guidelines, including routine vaccination of girls and boys at age 11 or 12 years.

Article Notes

           Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

           Funding The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

           © The Author(s) 2016

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