Who are vaccine champions and what implementation strategies do they use to improve adolescent HPV vaccination? Findings from a national survey of primary care professionals

Table 1 Sample characteristics (n=2527)

	n	(%)
Respondent characteristics
Training
Pediatrician	666	(26.4)
Family physician	557	(22.0)
Advanced practice provider^a	603	(23.9)
Nursing staff^b	701	(27.7)
Gender
Woman	1810	(71.6)
Man	637	(25.2)
Another gender/prefer not to say^c	80	(3.2)
Race and ethnicity
Asian	356	(14.1)
Black	123	(4.9)
Hispanic	100	(4.0)
White	1664	(65.9)
Multiple races or ethnicities	94	(3.7)
Another race/prefer not to say^d	190	(7.5)
Years in practice
0–9	950	(37.6)
10–19	740	(29.3)
≥20	837	(33.1)
Patients age 9–12 seen in typical week
≤9	730	(28.9)
10–24	1000	(39.6)
≥25	797	(31.5)
Clinic or practice characteristics
Practice type
Solo or group	1534	(60.7)
Other^e	993	(39.3)
Healthcare system membership
No	963	(38.1)
Yes^f	1564	(61.9)
Rurality
Non-rural	2295	(90.8)
Rural	232	(9.2)
Region
Northeast	505	(20.0)
Midwest	576	(22.8)
South	841	(33.3)
West	605	(23.9)

^a Includes physician assistants (n=198) and advance practice nurses (n=405), including nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialist
^b Includes registered nurses (n=542), licensed practical or vocational nurses (n=64), certified nursing assistants (n=11), and medical assistants (n=84)
^c Includes nonbinary or another gender (n=10) and prefer not to say (n=70)
^d Includes American Indian or Alaska Natives (n=10), Middle Eastern or North Africans (n=19), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders (n=4), other race or ethnicity (n=13), and prefer not to say (n=144)
^e Includes hospital- and university-affiliated clinic (n=512), Federally Qualified Health Center (n=272), state or local public health department (n=37), local, community, or non-profit clinic (n=116), and other (n=56)
^f Defined as “part of a healthcare system or network.” Includes systems of 1–4 clinics (n=423) and 5 or more clinics (n=1141)

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