a Hall Center for Law and Health, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law , Indianapolis , Indiana.
b Department of Applied Health Science and the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Bloomington , Indiana.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019;15(7-8):1519-1526. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1627817. Epub 2019 Jul 2.
A cross-sectional analysis of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine statutes and regulations from states and the District of Columbia in the United States (U.S.) was conducted from September-November 2018 to advance analyses of policy impact on HPV vaccination uptake. A search was conducted using WestlawNext, a legal research database. Statutes and regulations relevant to the study were analyzed and coded based on their legal attributes into ten broad coding questions and several sub-questions. Of the 212 laws identified by the initial search string, 93 (43.9%) reference HPV vaccination in statute or regulation. An additional three laws were added following subsequent review. There was a total of 52 statutes and 44 regulations from 34 states and the District of Columbia. Most laws were related to developing and distributing HPV vaccination materials for parents, and mechanisms to fund and reimburse for the vaccination. This study can be used by policymakers in jurisdictions that are considering establishing HPV vaccination promotion interventions in state law and highlighting the limited statutory and regulatory efforts that have been implemented to promote HPV vaccination. Importantly, this study can also be used to conduct evaluations of the efficacy of statutory and regulatory strategies in increasing HPV vaccination rates.
对美国各州和哥伦比亚特区的人乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 疫苗法规进行了横断面分析，该分析于 2018 年 9 月至 11 月进行，旨在深入分析政策对 HPV 疫苗接种率的影响。使用 WestlawNext 法律研究数据库进行了搜索。根据其法律属性，对与研究相关的法规和条例进行了分析和编码，分为十个广泛的编码问题和几个子问题。在最初的搜索字符串中确定了 212 项法律，其中 93 项（43.9%）在法规或条例中提到 HPV 疫苗接种。随后的审查又增加了三项法律。这些法律来自 34 个州和哥伦比亚特区，共有 52 项法规和 44 项条例。大多数法律都与为父母制定和分发 HPV 疫苗接种材料以及为疫苗接种提供资金和报销的机制有关。本研究可用于正在考虑在州法律中建立 HPV 疫苗推广干预措施的司法管辖区的政策制定者，并强调为促进 HPV 疫苗接种而实施的有限的法定和监管努力。重要的是，本研究还可用于评估法定和监管策略在提高 HPV 疫苗接种率方面的效果。
