According to a recent study in the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 60 percent of young U.S. women who received the first dose of the human papilloma virus vaccine went on to complete the three-dose vaccine series. The study found that minority backgrounds, low income and low education were associated with non-completion. To better understand why women who initiate HPV vaccination do not complete the series, a team of researchers led by Dr. Abbey Berenson from UTMB examined the correlates of vaccine series completion among young women based on data from 2008-2010