Contribution of Communication Inequalities to Disparities in Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Awareness and Knowledge.
Objectives. We examined the association of Internet-related communication inequalities on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine awareness and infection knowledge. Methods. We drew data from National Cancer Institute's 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (n = 7674). We estimated multivariable...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 102; no. 10; pp. 1911 - 1921 |
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