HPV vaccination initiation among white, black and Middle East North African (MENA) males

Diane M. Harper; Ryan Rego; Madiha Tariq; Minal R. Patel; Kenneth Resnicow; Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin

Preventive Medicine Reports (Dec 2022)

HPV vaccination initiation among white, black and Middle East North African (MENA) males

Diane M. Harper,
Ryan Rego,
Madiha Tariq,
Minal R. Patel,
Kenneth Resnicow,
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin

Affiliations

Diane M. Harper: Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Department of Women's Studies, University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Corresponding author at: Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States..
Ryan Rego: Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Madiha Tariq: Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), Dearborn, MI, United States
Minal R. Patel: Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Arbor, MI, United States
Kenneth Resnicow: Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Arbor, MI, United States; Outreach and Health Disparities Research, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin: Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Arbor, MI, United States

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 30
p. 102029

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Objectives: US males initiate HPV vaccination at older ages than females and currently have low population coverage. We aim to describe the prevalence and predictors of HPV vaccination initiation among males of White, Black, and Middle-Eastern/North-African (MENA) descent in southeast Michigan. Methods: We conducted three community-based surveys in 2019 that provided primary data via self report. Using population weights and multivariate modeling, we measured the prevalence and predictors of HPV vaccine initiation in each race/ethnicity of men (age 18–34 years) analyzed. Results: The vaccine initiation rates were 44.5 % (95 % CI: 44.4, 44.6) for White men, 46.2 % (46.0, 46.4) for Black men, and 23.2 % (22.8, 23.6) for MENA men, (p < 0.001). Being a student, compared to unemployed or disabled, was significantly associated with HPV vaccine initiation across all three races/ethnicities. Married men of any race/ethnicity were unlikely to be vaccinated. MENA men born in the US and having some college education were also more likely to initiate HPV vaccination. Conclusions: White, Black, and MENA men are not vaccinated in accord with Healthy (Healthy People 2030, 2022) goals. Each race/ethnicity has different predictors of vaccination.

Published in Preventive Medicine Reports

ISSN: 2211-3355 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/preventive-medicine-reports/

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