Table 1.

Provider use of screening tests and sexual history to determine HPV vaccine recommendations (row percent).

	Rarely or never		Sometimes to alwaysa		Otherb
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Practices discouraged by guidelinesc
Use an HPV test to determine who should receive HPV vaccine? (n = 96)	80	83	12	12	4	4
Perform Pap to determine who should receive the HPV vaccine? (n = 96)	85	89	7	7	4	4
Use number of sexual partners to determine who should get the HPV vaccine? (n = 95)	59	62	31	33	5	5
Guideline-consistent practicesd
Recommend HPV vaccine to females with history of abnormal Pap test result? (n = 93)	12	13	74	79	7	8
Recommend HPV vaccine to females with positive HPV test? (n = 94)	20	21	68	73	6	6

^a“Sometimes”, “Usually”, and “Always or almost always” responses collapsed.

^b“Unknown”, “Not applicable”, and “Do not ask” responses collapsed.

^cAccording to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [5,7].

^dUnable to determine age range for these female patients; practices acceptable according to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [5].