title: Vaccination interest and trends in human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in young adult women aged 18 to 26 years in the United States: an analysis using the 2008-2012 National Health Interview Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been approved since 2006, yet vaccination rates remain low. We investigated HPV vaccination trends, interest, and reasons for nonvaccination in young adult women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from the 2008-2012 National Health Interview Survey to analyze HPV vaccine uptake trends (≥ 1 dose) in women aged 18 to 26 years. We used data from the 2008 and 2010 National Health Interview Survey to examine HPV vaccination interest and reasons for nonvaccination among unvaccinated women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We saw significant increases in HPV vaccination for all young women from 2008 to 2012 (11.6% to 34.1%); however, Hispanics and women with limited access to care continued to have lower vaccination rates. Logistic regression demonstrated lower vaccination interest among unvaccinated women in 2010 than 2008. Respondents in 2010 were significantly less likely to give lack of knowledge as a primary reason for nonvaccination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uptake of HPV vaccine has increased from 2008 to 2012 in young women. Yet vaccination rates remain low, especially among women with limited access to care. However, unvaccinated women with limited health care access were more likely to be interested in receiving the vaccine.
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D028001:Eleutherococcus; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; C400150:Acanthopanax gracilistylus, extract