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- Dec 2014
BACKGROUND: Missed opportunities for human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination are common, presenting a barrier to achieving widespread vaccine coverage and preventing infection. PURPOSE: To compare the impact of clinician- versus family-focused decision support, none, or both on…
- Dec 2014
ABSTRACT: We evaluated 1,359 adults newly diagnosed with HIV in Philadelphia in 2010-2011 to determine if diagnosis site (medical clinic, inpatient setting, counseling and testing center (CTC), correctional facility) impacted time to linkage to care (difference between date of…
- Oct 2014
ABSTRACT: Despite recommendations for routine vaccination, HPV vaccination rates among adolescent females have remained low. The objective of this prospective cohort study was to determine whether clinician intention to recommend HPV vaccines predicts HPV vaccine series…
- Mar 2014
PolicyLab's Alex Fiks wrote this Issue Brief for Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. The Issue Brief examines some of the barriers to HPV vaccination and summarizes a successful, multipronged clinical intervention to improve vaccination rates.