Investigators at City University of New York (CUNY) Report Findings in Human Papillomavirus Vaccines (The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision On Hpv Vaccine Uptake In Young Adult Women, National Health and Nutrition …): Immunization and Public Health – Human Papillomavirus Vaccines

2022 APR 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Cancer Vaccine Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Immunization and Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccines. According to news reporting out of New York City, New York, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against cancers caused by HPV. The study objective was to examine the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent child coverage provision on HPV vaccination initiation, HPV vaccine completion, HPV infection, and health insurance coverage among young women.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the City University of New York (CUNY), “Using cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2172 female participants were included. The impact of the dependent coverage provision on the four outcomes was examined using difference-in-difference analyses with linear probability regressions, controlling for race/ethnicity, age, income, head of household education, and family employment. ACA exposure group was operationalized by age, with those targeted by the dependent coverage provision (ages 19-25) serving as the intervention group and those similar in age but not targeted (ages 18 and 26) serving as the control group. From 2007 to 2016, HPV vaccine initiation, HPV vaccine completion, and health insurance prevalence increased and HPV infection prevalence decreased. In the difference-in-difference adjusted models, ACA exposure was not associated with HPV vaccine initiation (0.045 percentage points [95% CI -0.087, 0.178]), completion (-0.044 percentage points [95% CI -0.152, 0.063]), HPV 16/18 infection (-0.051 percentage points [95% CI -0.123, 0.021]), or health insurance (0.065 percentage points [95% CI -0.032, 0.162]) among women aged 19 to 25. The dependent coverage provision may not have addressed relevant barriers to HPV vaccination.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “However, given that the effect of the dependent coverage provision on HPV vaccination and health insurance has been demonstrated previously, small sample size is a concern.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision On Hpv Vaccine Uptake In Young Adult Women, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2016. Preventive Medicine, 2021;148:106536. Preventive Medicine can be contacted at: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Preventive Medicine - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/preventive-medicine/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Samantha Raymond, City University of New York (CUNY), School of Public Health, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New York, NY 10021, United States. Additional authors for this research include Denis Nash, Lihua Li, Emanuela Taioli and Bian Liu.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106536. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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