Introduction: The reasons for vaccine hesitancy and its relation to individual socioeconomic
status (SES) must be better understood. Areas covered: This review focused on developed …

Importance The COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate effects on racial and ethnic
minority communities, where preexisting clinical and social conditions amplify health and …

Minority youth represent a unique population for public health interventions given the social,
economic, and cultural barriers they often face in accessing health services. Interventions to …

Background Although past studies have identified factors associated with individual
perceptions of vaccination, limited attention has been paid to the role of personality in …

How stories from media and social interactions shape parents' HPV vaccination decisions is
poorly understood. We sought to characterize parents' exposure to such stories, as well as …

Determinants of parental HPV vaccine hesitancy, including medical mistrust and exposure to
negative vaccine information, are understudied in racial/ethnic minority communities where …

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination targets high-risk HPV16/18 that
cause 70% of all cancers of the cervix. In Australia there is a fully-funded, school-based …

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers today, yet over 500,000 new cases
are diagnosed globally each year and every 2 minutes a woman dies from cervical cancer …

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection common among men
and women across all geographic and socioeconomic subgroups worldwide. Recent …

Poor compliance with multi-dose vaccine schedules by adults for whom hepatitis (Hep) A
and B vaccines are recommended contributes to major Hep A and B disease burdens …