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Physicians report high refusal rates for the HPV vaccine and need for improvement

September 16, 2019

Health care providers must also learn to deal with parents hesitant to get their children vaccinated with HPV vaccine.

The study, published today in Pediatrics, is the first to examine pediatricians and family physicians’ delivery practices for the vaccine since the new 2-dose schedule came out for adolescents 11 or 12-years-old.

“A physician recommendation is one of the most important factors in vaccine acceptance by parents,” said Allison Kempe, MD, MPH, lead author and professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

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