HPV Vaccination Practices Among Juvenile Justice Facilities in the United States

Received 21 May 2009; accepted 29 October 2009. published online 08 March 2010.

Abstract

The juvenile justice setting provides a unique opportunity to administer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to a high-risk, medically underserved population. We examined current HPV vaccination practices in the United States. Most states (39) offer the HPV vaccine to females committed to juvenile justice facilities.

Keywords: Human papillomavirus (HPV), Human papillomavirus vaccine, Vaccine, Sexually transmitted infection, Genital warts, Cervical cancer, Adolescent, Youth, Juvenile justice, Consent

a Program in Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

b The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

c Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Providence, Rhode Island

d The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Address correspondence to: Courtney E. Henderson, M.P.H., Program in Public Health, Brown University, Box G-S121, 2nd Floor, Providence, Rhode Island 02912.

The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00596-5

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.007

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