Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · Dec 2011
Disparities in reproductive health-related visits to the emergency department in Maryland by age and race, 1999-2005.
To describe reproductive health-related visits to Maryland emergency departments (EDs) among women aged 15-44 years from 1999 to 2005. ⋯ Disparities by age and race are evident for reproductive health-related ED visits in Maryland, and many of these ED visits are for conditions that are amenable to preventive measures.
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Journal of women's health · Dec 2011
Sexually related behaviors as predictors of HPV vaccination among young rural women.
To explore whether sexually related behaviors predict refusal of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among a sample of women aged 18-26 in Appalachian Kentucky. ⋯ Among this sample of Appalachian women, those engaging in behaviors that increase their risk for HPV infection were more likely to refuse the vaccine. Conversely, those women engaging in protective health behaviors were more likely to accept the vaccine. These findings suggest that those women not being vaccinated may be the very group most likely to benefit from vaccination. Cervical cancer prevention programs need to be creative in efforts to reach young women most in need of the vaccine based on a higher profile of sexually related behaviors and the proxy measure of this risk (having an abnormal Pap test result).