HPV vaccination and Native Americans: protocol for a systematic review of factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the USA
Introduction The nine-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could prevent an estimated 92% of the cancers attributable to HPV types targeted by the vaccine.However, uptake of the HPV vaccine among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents has been low.AI/ANs also bear a disproportionate burden of cervical and other HPV-associated ca