Do political beliefs impact HPV vaccination initiation?

Do political beliefs impact HPV vaccination initiation?

Do political beliefs impact HPV vaccination initiation? Abstract
Poverty, the lack of parental education on the importance of HPV
vaccinntion of their children, and the cost of the vaccine have
been known to inhibit vaccination rates (Jacobson, Roberts, &
Darden, 2013; Reiter et al., 2009). The significance of this study
is to explore political orientation as a predictive factor to
vaccination rates. Using secondary data, this study examines the
association between political orientation and HPV vaccination
initiation. HPV vaccination rates in each of the 50 states and the
District of Columbia were retrieved from the CDC’s 2011 National
Immunization Survey – Teen (NIS-Teen) (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention [CDC], 2012, pp 4). The HPV vaccination rates cover
female ages 13 to 17 and include only those that completed all
three HPV required shots. Political affiliation data for each state
and the District of Columbia were retrievd from the 2011 political
affiliation tracking surveys by Gallup (Gallup, Inc., 2012, pp 3).
With a total sample size (n = 51, Republican-leaning = 24,
Democrat-leaning = 27), both sets of data were analyzed using
Independent Sample t-Test and Regression analysis.

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