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Thoughts and consideration regarding immigrant clinicians: is cultural preservation influencing providers' practice in HPV vaccination.

Kimlin Tan AshingCamille RaginOluwatosin AriyoArya AminiMarshalee GeorgeJacqueline Ford
Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2021)
Immigrant clinicians are vital to population healthcare delivery and therefore population health. One in four physicians in the USA is foreign-born and notably represented in family and pediatric medicine-specialties charged with administering childhood/adolescent vaccines, such as human papillomavirus vaccine (HPVV). Our examination suggests there may be unique cultural and socialization factors that influence clinician HPVV recommendation practice; however, immigrant clinicians have not been adequately engaged within the national HPVV agenda. Given the volume and significance of immigrant clinicians, engagement of these clinicians, in both community and nation-wide efforts to increase HPVV, is a necessary step for improving and achieving the national health goal of optimizing HPVV for cancer prevention.
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