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Abstract

Background/Objectives: Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes multiple types of cancer, and demographic-based inequities in HPV-related cancers persist. Behavioral interventions have increased HPV vaccination uptake, yet it is unclear how intervention effects vary by demographics. The purpose of this study was to examine whether existing HPV vaccine interventions for adolescents have unequal effects on HPV vaccine uptake. Methods: We searched MEDLINE via PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane CENTRAL in October 2023. The search strategy combined keywords and subject terms for HPV vaccine, interventions/health promotion, and adolescents. Studies were included in final analyses if they were peer-reviewed, published in the US between 2006 and 2023, included outcome measures from an evidence-based HPV vaccination intervention, included adolescents aged 9–17, and demographic variables for age, race/ethnicity, income/SES, or geographic region. Studies were excluded if they were review articles, abstract-only, dissertations or theses, non-English language, non-US-based, or outside the age range of 9–17. Studies were also excluded if they did not include an intervention, outcome evaluation measures, or demographic measures. The screening and extraction processes were independently performed by multiple reviewers using Covidence software. Results: Ultimately, 74 articles were included for full extraction. Sex was the most common demographic variable analyzed by the HPV vaccine (n = 38), followed by race/ethnicity (n = 15), income/SES (n = 6), and geographic region (n = 6). Conclusions: Few interventions assess whether intervention results differ by demographics, making it unclear whether these interventions reduce health inequities. This review included a wide variation in study designs, limiting our ability to uniformly assess study conclusions.

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Title
Health Equity and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Interventions for Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Author
Maness, Sarah B 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Carpenter, Lois Coleman 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Akpan Idara 3 ; Nubwa, St James 2 ; Romero-Cely, Daniela 4 ; Corey, Harmon G J 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cano, Miranda 6 ; Thompson, Erika L 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA 
 Department of Health Promotion Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; [email protected] (L.C.C.); [email protected] (N.S.J.) 
 Population & Community Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA; [email protected] 
 Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA; [email protected] 
 Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA; [email protected] 
 Department of Quantitative and Qualitative Health Sciences, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; [email protected] (M.C.); [email protected] (E.L.T.) 
First page
485
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
2076393X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3212135483
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.