Allison L Swiecki‐Sikora

Biographic Data

ID7776603
NAMEAllison L Swiecki‐Sikora
GIVEN NAMESAllison L
FAMILY NAMESwiecki‐Sikora
SIGNATURESIKORA A L S
AFFILIATIONSLewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
ORCID0000-0002-0267-8291
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX0

  • HPV Vaccination Coverage Among US Teens Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum

    Open AccessAllison L Swiecki‐Sikora, Katherine Henry et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2019

    BACKGROUND: In this study, we used data from the National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen) to examine HPV vaccination uptake by rural and urban residence defined by ZIP code. METHODS: We used 2012-2013 NIS-Teen data to examine associations of HPV vaccination among teens aged 13-17 years with ZIP code measures of rural/urban (Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes, population density). Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate the…

  • Area-based socioeconomic factors and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among teen boys in the United States

    Open AccessKatherine Henry, Allison L Swiecki‐Sikora et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Higher HPV vaccination coverage in urban areas and among racial/ethnic minorities in areas with high poverty may be attributable to factors such as vaccine acceptance, health-care practices, and their access to HPV vaccines through the Vaccines for Children Program, which provides free vaccines to uninsured and under-insured children. Given the low HPV vaccination rates among boys in the U.S., these results provide important evidence to inform pu…