Cultural differences explain non-completion of HPV vaccination in girls in low-income families
Friday, October 4, 2013 - 12:40
in Health & Medicine
Although they are at higher risk for cervical cancer, girls from low-income families are less likely to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine that prevents it, and the reasons they are not fully vaccinated differ depending on whether their parents are English-speaking or Spanish-speaking, suggests new research.