Date of Award
1-1-2024
Document Type
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
Recommended Citation
Guerrero, Omar, "Comparing HPV Vaccination Uptake In Democrat And Republican Us States Using Presidential Elections Voting Patterns In 2016 And 2020" (2024). Public Health Theses. 2396.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysphtdl/2396
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This is an Open Access Thesis.