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Current initiatives to protect Rhode Island adolescents through increasing HPV vaccination

Journal

HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 1633-1638

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1161460

Keywords

adolescents; cancer prevention; human papillomavirus; immunization; policy; school immunization requirements; school located immunization; vaccine; vaccination

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  1. Increasing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Coverage Rates among Adolescents [IP13-130101PPHF14]
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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This commentary provides an overview of recent initiatives in Rhode Island to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vac-30 cination with the goal of protecting Rhode Island adolescents against vaccine-preventable HPV-associated cancers. With the exception of the introduction of a recent school entry requirement, most of the initiatives and related activities described were conducted as part of a cooperative agreement between 35 RIDOH and CDC, and were supported by the Prevention and Public Health Fund.(1

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