Table 2.
Educational practices related to adolescent vaccines, VPDs∗4 and sexual health.
| General Topic | Specific topic | % education group∗1 (education/total number) |
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| Total | Pediatrician | Internist | OB/GYN∗4 | p | |||
| Adolescent vaccines | HPVV∗4 | 21 (26/122) | 22 (11/49) | 17 (10/59) | 36 (5/14) | Ped ∗4vs. Int∗4: p = 0.64 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.64 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.44 |
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| DT∗4 | 62∗3a (82/133) | 81 (51/63) | 49 (31/63) | 0 (0/7) | Ped vs. Int: p < 0.01 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p < 0.01 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.15 |
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| IIV∗4 | 89∗3b (117/132) | 90 (53/59) | 91 (58/64) | 67 (6/9) | Ped vs. Int: p = 1 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.23 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.23 |
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| VPDs | Cervical cancer | 24 (29/121) | 28 (13/47) | 15 (9/60) | 50 (7/14) | Ped vs. Int: p = 0.30 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.30 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.026 |
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| Diphtheria | 28 (37/132) | 37 (23/62) | 22 (14/63) | 0 (0/7) | Ped vs. Int: p = 0.24 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.24 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.33 |
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| Tetanus | 47 (62/132) | 61 (38/62) | 38 (24/63) | 0 (0/7) | Ped vs. Int: p = 0.025 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.007 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.087 |
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| Influenza | 86∗3c (112/131) | 91 (53/58) | 84 (54/64) | 56 (5/9) | Ped vs. Int: p = 0.28 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.044 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.13 |
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| Sexual health | General education∗2 | 12 (15/123) | 6 (3/49) | 13 (8/60) | 29 (4/14) | Ped vs. Int: p = 0.45 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.11 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.045 |
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| HPV∗4 related STIs∗4 | 17 (21/123) | 16 (8/49) | 12 (7/60) | 43 (6/14) | Ped vs. Int: p = 0.58 Ped vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.13 Int vs. OB/GYN: p = 0.039 |
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*1 Education group includes respondents who chose “regularly” or “sometimes”.
*2 General education indicates any educational topics related to sexual health, not specifically HPV or STIs.
*3 Statistical analysis.
a p < 0.01 vs. HPVV.
b p < 0.01 vs. HPVV, p < 0.01 vs. DT.
c p < 0.01 vs. Cervical cancer, p < 0.01 vs. Diphtheria, p < 0.01 vs. Tetanus.
*4 Abbreviations.
VPDs: vaccine preventable diseases, OB/GYN: Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ped: Pediatrician, Int: Internist.
HPVV: human papillomavirus vaccine, DT: diphtheria tetanus toxoid vaccine, IIV: inactivated influenza vaccine.
HPV: human papillomavirus, STIs: sexual transmitted infections.