Early outcomes of a multilevel human papilloma virus vaccination pilot intervention in federally qualified health centers.

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Fisher-Borne, M., Preiss, A. J., Black, M., Roberts, K., & Saslow, D., (2018). Early outcomes of a multilevel human papilloma virus vaccination pilot intervention in federally qualified health centers. Academic Pediatrics, 18(2S), S79-S84.
OBJECTIVE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage in the United States remains low compared with other adolescent vaccines. As the largest primary care network in the United …

Evaluation of a widely available patient decision aid for the treatment of prostate cancer.

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Feldman-Stewart, D., & Brundage, C. T., (2018). Evaluation of a widely available patient decision aid for the treatment of prostate cancer. Patient Education and Counseling, 101, 1761-1766.
Background: The effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) is rarely evaluated in the “real world” where patients vary in their preferences related to decision support. Purpose…

Cancer screening in France: Subjects’ and physicians’ attitudes.

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Eisinger, F., Blay, J.Y., Morere, J.-F., Rixe, O., Calazel-Benque, A., Cals, L., … & Pivot, X., (2008). Cancer screening in France: Subjects’ and physicians’ attitudes. Cancer Causes Control, 19, 431-434.
Objective: Since screening for cancer has been advocated, funded, and promoted in France, it is important to evaluate the attitudes of subjects in the general population and gener…

Human papillomavirus vaccination: Narrative review of studies on how providers’ vaccine communication affects attitudes and uptake.

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Dempsey, A. F., & O’Leary, S. T., (2018). Human papillomavirus vaccination: Narrative review of studies on how providers’ vaccine communication affects attitudes and uptake. Academic Pediatrics, 18 (S2), S23-S27.
The burden of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections is substantial, causing thousands of cancers and deaths in the United States yearly. Safe and effective vaccines exist, yet rem…

Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area, Mysore, India.

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Degarege, A., Krupp, K., Fennie, K., Srinivas, V., Li, T., Stephens, D. P., Marlow, L. A. V., Arun, A., & Madhivanan, P., (2018). Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area, Mysore, India. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 31, 583-591.
Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine factors predicting human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area in …

The feminization of HPV: How science, politics, economics and gender norms shaped U.S. HPV vaccine implementation.

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Daley, E. M., Vamos, C. A., Thompson, E. L., Zimet, G. D., Rosberger, Z., Merrell, L., & Kline, N. S., (2017). The feminization of HPV: How science, politics, economics and gender norms shaped U.S. HPV vaccine implementation. Papillomavirus Research, 3, 142-148.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause a number of anogenital cancers (i.e., cervical, penile, anal, vaginal, vulvar) and genital warts. A decade ago, the HPV vaccine was approved, …

Anal cancer screening behaviors and intentions in men who have sex with men.

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D’Souza, G., Cook, R. L., Ostrow, D., Johnson-HIll, L. M., Wiley, D., & Silvestre, T., (2008). Anal cancer screening behaviors and intentions in men who have sex with men. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23(9), 1452-1457.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of anal cancer has increased in the past decade, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV-infected individuals. There is controversy abou…

Find cancer early: Evaluation of a community education campaign to increase awareness of cancer signs and symptoms in people in regional Western Australians.

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Croager, E. J., Gray, V., Pratt, I. S., Slevin, T., Pettigrew, S., Holman, C. D., Bulsara, M., & Emery, J., (2018). Find cancer early: Evaluation of a community education campaign to increase awareness of cancer signs and symptoms in people in regional Western Australians. Frontiers in Public Health, 6:22.
Introduction: Cancer outcomes for people living in rural and remote areas are worse than for those living in urban areas. Although access to and quality of cancer treatment are im…

Screening for new primary cancers in cancer survivors compared to non-cancer controls: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Corkum, M., Hayden, J. A., Kephart, G., Urquhart, R., Schlievert, C., & Porter, G., (2013). Screening for new primary cancers in cancer survivors compared to non-cancer controls: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 7, 455-463.
Purpose The goal of this study was to synthesize evidence comparing cancer screening receipt between cancer survivors and non-cancer controls by conducting a systematic review and…

Successful use of interventions in combination to improve human papilloma virus vaccination coverage rates among adolescents - Chicago, 2013 to 2015.

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Choi, N., Curtis, R., Loharikar, A., Fricchione, M., Jones, E., Balzer, E., …& Caskey, R., (2018). Successful use of interventions in combination to improve human papilloma virus vaccination coverage rates among adolescents - Chicago, 2013 to 2015. Academic Pediatric Association, 18(2S), S93-S100.
In 2013, National Immunization Survey-Teen data indicated that >40% of female adolescents had not initiated the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series and >60% had not complete…

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