Abstract
The Human Papilloma Virus (“HPV”) is a common sexually transmitted disease that has infected approximately 79 million men and women in the United States alone. A vaccination is available but in order to be effective it must be received prior to becoming sexually active and recipients must complete a three-dose sequence. In this article we explore the predisposing, enabling and need-based factors associated with parents’ or guardians’ decision to have their child initiate, continue and complete the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. The data file includes 5531 parents and guardians with presumptive knowledge regarding the number of HPV vaccination their child received. Data includes information on the child (e.g. child׳s age) as well as the adult respondent (e.g. health insurance status). A smaller subset of the dataset along with the code to run the model are supplied with this article. The interpretation of these data can be found in the research article published by the authors in the Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.01.010[1].
Highlights
Using Behavioral Risk Factor Data as a surveillance tool to monitor the prevalence of initiation, continuation and completion of Human Papilloma Virus vaccination in children
In this article we explore the predisposing, enabling and need-based factors associated with parents’ or guardians’ decision to have their child initiate, continue and complete the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine
The dependent variable consisted of responses to the following two questions asked of BRFSS survey respondents: “A vaccine to prevent the human papilloma virus or HPV infection is available and is called the cervical cancer vaccine, HPV shot, or GARDASILs
Summary
The dependent variable consisted of responses to the following two questions asked of BRFSS survey respondents: “A vaccine to prevent the human papilloma virus or HPV infection is available and is called the cervical cancer vaccine, HPV shot, or GARDASILs. The dependent variable consisted of responses to the following two questions asked of BRFSS survey respondents: “A vaccine to prevent the human papilloma virus or HPV infection is available and is called the cervical cancer vaccine, HPV shot, or GARDASILs Has this child EVER had the HPV vaccination?” and “How many HPV shots did she receive?” The dependent variable was recoded in accordance with the assumptions of the sequential logistic regression model (see attached code for more details)
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