Date of Award

1-1-2024

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Open Access Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Department

School of Public Health

First Advisor

Linda Niccolai

Abstract

Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between state-level voting patterns and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage in teenagers in the US. Methods: States were categorized as either Democratic or Republican based on the 2016 and 2020 Presidential election results. A paired t-test was conducted to examine the difference between vaccination coverage between the two groups. A multivariable linear regression model was conducted to examine how state-voting patterns are associated with HPV vaccination coverage after adjusting for confounding (percentage of people living in poverty, percentage of uninsured people, percentage of non-white population, and the percentage of people living in rural areas for each state). Results: In 2016, there was a statistical significance in HPV vaccine coverage with at least one dose among Republican and Democrat states (55.7% and 67.0% respectively, p

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