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Abstract

Little is known about the effect of language preference, socioeconomicstatus, and health care access on human papillomavirus (HPV)vaccination. We examined these factors in Hispanic parents of daughtersaged 11 to 17 years in California (n=1090). Spanish-speaking parentswere less likely to have their daughters vaccinated than were Englishspeakers (odds ratio {[}OR] = 0.55; 95% confidence interval {[}CI] =0.31, 0.98). Adding income and access to multivariate analyses madelanguage nonsignificant (OR = 0.68; 95% Cl = 0.35, 1.29). This confirmsthat health care use is associated with language via income and access.Low-income Hispanics, who lack access, need information about free HPVvaccination programs. (Am J Public Health. 2013;103:270-272. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300920)