Human Papillomavirus Perceptions, Vaccine Uptake, and Sexual Risk Factors in Students Attending a Large Public Midwestern University.

It was to understand HPV vaccination patterns, uptake, perceptions, and sexual risk factors in students at a Midwest public university. Students were enrolled during the spring 2024 semester at the University of Iowa. A survey was developed and emailed to 28,095 students asking demographic, general and sexual health, and HPV-related questions.

Barriers and solutions to developing and maintaining research networks during a pandemic: An example from the iELEVATE perinatal network.

Introduction: To improve maternal health outcomes, increased diversity is needed among pregnant people in research studies and community surveillance. To expand the pool, we sought to develop a network encompassing academic and community obstetrics clinics. Typical challenges in developing a network include site identification, contracting, onboarding sites, staff engagement, participant recruitment, funding, and institutional review board approvals.