在美国军事学院学员队 (2018-2025) 中使用HPV疫苗
Brianna Brasko1, Jahryca McClean1, Emily Penick2
1Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
Military medicine
|November 17, 2023
概括
在美国军事学院学员中,人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 疫苗接种率低于健康人2030目标. 建议包括改变政策,以改善HPV疫苗接种率,并进一步研究疫苗犹.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 是一种常见的性传播感染,与多种癌症有关.
- 尽管HPV疫苗是安全有效的,但在平民和军事人口中,接种率仍然很低.
- 某些高风险的HPV菌株是全球癌症负担的重要原因.
研究的目的:
- 确定接受至少一剂HPV疫苗的美国军事学院 (USMA) 学员的百分比.
- 评估USMA学员中的HPV疫苗系列完成率.
- 为了确定与HPV疫苗接种状况相关的人口因素.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性,横截面研究分析了来自国防卫生署军事卫生系统数据库的非识别疫苗接种数据.
- 数据包括2018年1月至2022年5月期间注册的USMA学员的HPV和Tdap疫苗接种记录.
- 用描述性统计数据计算疫苗接种和完成率,并比较人口统计差异.
主要成果:
- 在9433名符合条件的学员中,60.8%接受了至少一剂HPV疫苗,完成系列的比例为47.6%.
- 女性学员 (55.6%) 完成HPV疫苗接种率高于男性学员 (45.2%).
- 接种Tdap疫苗的覆盖率高达97.2%.
结论:
- 在USMA学员中的HPV疫苗接种率与一般公众相似,但未达到80%的健康人2030年目标.
- 建议USMA对政策进行修改,以提高HPV疫苗接种率.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解避免接种疫苗的原因,并为教育策略提供信息.
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