What are your thoughts about recommending the HPV vaccination?

What are your thoughts about recommending the HPV vaccination?

HPV VACCINATION

After reading the materials and viewing the video for this lesson, please respond to the following questions:

  • What are your thoughts about recommending the HPV vaccination?
  • Which age groups would you target? Why?

Student example of this assignment

 

  1. What are your thoughts about recommending the HPV vaccination?
  • I am for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. I believe that the vaccine is needed to prevent cancers and genital warts caused by HPV. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2016), the HPV vaccine protects against some cervical cancers, cancers of the anus/vulva/vagina/oropharynx, and HPVs that cause genital warts. According to the Cleveland Clinic (2018), roughly 79 million people are infected with HPV. The Cleveland Clinic (2018), stated that an estimate of 14 million people will be infected with HPV yearly.
  1. Which age groups would you target? Why?
  • The age groups that I would target are boys and girls ages 11 to 12 years old (Centers for disease control and prevention, 2019). This age group was picked because of the lack of sexual activity within this group. According to the CDC (2019), when the HPV vaccine is administered before HPV exposure and infection the vaccine is most effective.