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Improving Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates In Adolescents: A Quality Improvement Project, Keylea Marenda Harrison, Allyson Neal, Katie Ingram-Willard
Improving Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates In Adolescents: A Quality Improvement Project, Keylea Marenda Harrison, Allyson Neal, Katie Ingram-Willard
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Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to implement an evidence-based intervention to improve the HPV vaccine series completion rates in the pediatric primary care setting. The goal of the project was to increase HPV series completion rates in adolescents aged 11 to 12 by 10% within 3 months of implementation of the intervention.
Methods: A multicomponent intervention was implemented at a pediatric primary care office that included a chart review of 11- and 12-year-old adolescents who had received their first and second dose of the HPV vaccine from June 2019 to June 2020 and patients …