Maples Jill M, Zite Nikki B, Oyedeji Oluwafemifola, Chamberlin Shauntá M, Mastronardi Alicia M, Gregory Samantha, Gatwood Justin D, Hohmeier Kenneth C, Booker Mary E, Perry Jamie D, Moss Heather K, Kilgore Larry C
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Feb 24;10(3):351. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10030351.
There is increasing support for HPV vaccination in the pharmacy setting, but the availability of the HPV vaccine is not well known. Additionally, little is known about perceptions of medical providers regarding referring patients to community pharmacies for HPV vaccination. The purpose of this study was to determine HPV vaccine availability in community pharmacies and to understand, among family medicine and obstetrics-gynecology providers, the willingness of and perceived barriers to referring patients for HPV vaccination in a pharmacy setting. HPV vaccine availability data were collected from pharmacies in a southern region of the United States. Family medicine and obstetrics-gynecology providers were surveyed regarding vaccine referral practices and perceived barriers to HPV vaccination in a community pharmacy. Results indicated the HPV vaccine was available in most pharmacies. Providers were willing to refer patients to a community pharmacy for HPV vaccination, despite this not being a common practice, likely due to numerous barriers reported. Pharmacist-administered HPV vaccination continues to be a commonly reported strategy for increasing HPV vaccination coverage. However, coordinated efforts to increase collaboration among vaccinators in different settings and to overcome systematic and legislative barriers to increasing HPV vaccination rates are still needed.
在药房环境中，对人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗接种的支持日益增加，但HPV疫苗的可及性却鲜为人知。此外，对于医疗服务提供者将患者转介至社区药房进行HPV疫苗接种的看法也知之甚少。本研究的目的是确定社区药房中HPV疫苗的可及性，并了解家庭医学和妇产科提供者在药房环境中将患者转介进行HPV疫苗接种的意愿及感知到的障碍。HPV疫苗可及性数据是从美国南部地区的药房收集的。对家庭医学和妇产科提供者就疫苗转介做法以及社区药房中HPV疫苗接种的感知障碍进行了调查。结果表明，大多数药房都有HPV疫苗。尽管这并非常见做法，但提供者愿意将患者转介至社区药房进行HPV疫苗接种，这可能是由于报告了诸多障碍。药剂师管理的HPV疫苗接种仍然是提高HPV疫苗接种覆盖率的常见策略。然而，仍需要做出协调努力，以加强不同环境中疫苗接种者之间的合作，并克服提高HPV疫苗接种率的系统性和立法障碍。
