HPV vaccination rates increase with school entry requirements, study finds

Apr 29 2024Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that school entry requirements are linked to an increase in human papillomavirus vaccinations.HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection, which can cause health problems such as genital warts and certain cancers.

There are a variety of state and federal policies designed to address low HPV vaccination rates among adolescents, but there has been little research to determine which policies are most effective." In collaboration with researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, Grabert and team systematically reviewed studies from 2009-2022 assessing the association between policies and HPV vaccination coverage among U.S. adolescents.

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