Girls With Diagnosed Mental Health Conditions Have Lower HPV Vaccination Coverage, Study Suggests

Healio (9/10, Kellner) reports, “Girls with diagnosed mental health conditions had lower HPV vaccination coverage than their peers without mental health conditions, according to a study.” Researchers found that “girls who were exposed to parental mental health conditions were slightly less likely to get their first vaccine dose compared with girls who had no exposure.” The findings were published in The Lancet Public Health.