Society of behavioral medicine supports increasing HPV vaccination uptake: an urgent opportunity for cancer prevention

• Published in: Translational behavioral medicine Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 672 - 675
• Main Authors: Peterson, Caryn E., Dykens, J. Andrew, Brewer, Noel T., Buscemi, Joanna, Watson, Karriem, Comer-Hagans, DeLawnia, Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo, Fitzgibbon, Marian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Behavioral Medicine; Child; Communication; Cross Cultural Psychology; Delivery of Health Care; Family Medicine; Female; General Practice; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Personnel; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health Psychology; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control; Papillomavirus Vaccines - administration & dosage; Papillomavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use; Parents; Policy Brief; Public Health; Safety; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control; Vaccination - methods; Young Adult; Increasing HPV vaccine coverage; US policy; HPV vaccination; HPV-related cancers; Cervical cancer; Uptake

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage remains low in the USA. The Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM) supports the goals outlined by Healthy People 2020, the President’s Cancer Panel, and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee to increase vaccination coverage among both males and females. S...