作者: Katherine F. Furgurson , Joanne C. Sandberg , Fang-Chi Hsu , Dana C. Mora , Sara A. Quandt
关键词: Underserved Population 、 Cancer prevention 、 Environmental health 、 Health education 、 Health care 、 Health equity 、 Psychological intervention 、 Cervical cancer 、 Public health 、 Medicine
摘要: The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is an effective but underused cancer prevention tool. This study assessed knowledge of HPV and initiation among Mexican-born farmworkers in North Carolina. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were conducted with 100 Latino nonfarmworker Carolina residents 2015 as part ongoing community-based participatory research project. Farmworkers had low levels about the vaccine. They a similar amount compared to nonfarmworkers. nonfarmworkers learned from different sources. Adolescent children initiation. However, for living United States farmworker parents, was high. To prevent HPV-related cancers improve health equity, interventions are needed order increase education Public programs should look partners outside traditional care setting reach underserved populations. Other key strategies include promoting catch-up vaccines, improving patient-provider communication, providing case management services.