HPV vaccination: Perceptions and acceptance among college students

Elizabeth Brambilla1, Grace Groh, Brianna Hicks

  • 1At the time this abstract was written, Elizabeth Brambilla, Grace Groh, Brianna Hicks, Jennifer Kalash, Michael Maddaloni, and Rebecca Parada were students in the PA program at Seton Hall University in Nutley, N.J. Elizabeth Brambilla now practices in primary care at Peninsula Community Health Services in Kitsap County, Wash. Grace Groh now practices in trauma at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, N.J. Jennifer Kalash now practices in breast surgery at Ocean University Medical Center in Brick, N.J. Brianna Hicks now practices in surgery at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro Township, N.J. Michael Maddaloni now practices in emergency medicine at St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, N.J. Rebecca Parada now practices in cardiology with DiVagno Interventional Cardiology in Rochelle Park, N.J. Michelle McWeeney is an assistant professor in the PA program at Seton Hall University in Nutley, N.J., and practices in primary care at HVA Medical Group/MD partners in Wayne, N.J. Christine Fernandez is an instructor and medical director for the PA program at Seton Hall University and practices emergency medicine at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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