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PubMed: 36835898 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12041362

Evaluation of the First-Year Data from an HPV Vaccination Van Program in South Carolina, U.S.

J Clin Med 12(4)

Authors: Marvella E Ford, Kathleen B Cartmell, Angela M Malek, Phuong Nhi Thi Le, Chloe Keeve, I'Ayana Sanders, Jerlinda Ross, Melanie Slan, Joan McLauren, Mina Platt, Ellen Gomez, Jessica Zserai, Beth Poore, Christina Cody, Victoria Ladd, Mary Spanos Beattie, J David Sudduth, Kapri Kreps, James R Roberts

Affiliations

  • Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Cannon Place, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
  • Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, 519 Edwards Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
  • College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
  • Department of Biological and Physical Sciences, South Carolina State University, 300 College Street, Orangeburg, SC 29117, USA.
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 10 McClennan Banks Dr. Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
  • Hollings Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 86 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
  • Immunization Division, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 2600 Bull St. Columbia, SC 29201, USA.
  • Department of Student Services, Cherokee County School District, 141 Twin Lake Road, Gaffney, SC 29341, USA.
  • Department of Education, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 2100 Bull St. Columbia, SC 29201, USA.
  • Healthy Me-Healthy SC, Medical University of South Carolina, and Clemson University, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
  • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Rutledge Avenue, 3rd Floor, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are linked to at least six different types of cancer. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) and Department of Pediatrics leaders identified suboptimal rates of HPV vaccinations in rural and medically underserved communities in South Carolina (SC). To address this major public health problem in SC, they received funding from the HealthyMe/HealthySC (HMHSC) program and HCC to create a statewide community engagement-focused HPV Vaccination Van Program in October 2021. The Program provides HPV vaccinations and other childhood immunizations in school districts and HMHSC health clinics throughout SC, focusing on children aged 9-18 who are eligible for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vaccines for Children Program. As of 14 December 2022, the Program administered vaccinations in 16 counties of SC to 552 participants, 243 of whom received HPV vaccinations and were predominantly female (57.2%), aged 4-18 (95.9%), and self-identified as White (44.0%), Black (33.2%), or Hispanic/Latino (15.1%). Most had Medicaid (53.1%)/no insurance coverage (25.1%). The Program is expected to expand as the Program's relationship with SC's school districts grows. The Program provides a model for delivering mobile HPV vaccinations to rural children, thus reducing their cancer risk.

MeSH

Vaccines, Neoplasms, Schools, Vaccination, Aged, Alphapapillomavirus, Child, Human Papillomavirus Viruses

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