Women's Health Issues
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages e19-e26 , January 2012

Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Pediatricians’ Encouragement of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Implications for Health Disparities

  • Janice L. Krieger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Janice L. Krieger, School of Communication, The Ohio State University, 3058 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall, Columbus OH 43221.
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  • Mira L. Katz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Jennifer A. Kam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
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  • Anthony Roberto, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hugh Downs School of Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Received 5 February 2011 ,Revised 28 June 2011 ,Accepted 13 July 2011.

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    A multigroup analysis of RPA among pediatricians (pediatricians in Appalachia first, pediatricians in non-Appalachia second and in bold).

    A multigroup analysis of RPA among pediatricians (pediatricians in Appalachia first, pediatricians in non-Appalachia second and in bold).

 Supported by a grant from The Ohio State University Coordinating Committee for the Population and Health: Targeted Investments in Excellence Initiative (PI: Krieger), National Cancer Institute Grants K07 CA107079 (MLK), and the Behavioral Measurement Shared Resource at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, P30 CA016058.

PII: S1049-3867(11)00169-1

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.07.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages e19-e26 , January 2012