General Audience | 2:00 A Strong Recommendation for the HPV Vaccine
Description: Immunize Kansas Coalition Member, Gretchen Homan, MD, shares about the importance of the HPV vaccine and recommends parents vaccinate their children to protect them from cancer.
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It's back to school! Make sure your teen is protected against HPV, meningitis, flu & Tdap. Now is the time to #GetVaccinated for the school year.
Did you know HPV infections can cause six types of cancer? Getting HPV vaccine for your child now is better than treating an HPV cancer later in life.
HPV vaccination offers the best protection when adolescents complete the series, long before they are exposed. HPV vaccination at ages 11-12 protects your child against HPV-related cancers.
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General Audience | 0:30 A Strong Recommendation for the HPV Vaccine - PSA
Description: Immunize Kansas Coalition Member, Gretchen Homan, MD, shares about the importance of the HPV vaccine and recommends parents vaccinate their children to protect them from cancer in this 30 second PSA.
Description: Immunize Kansas Coalition Member, Gretchen Homan, MD, shares about the importance of the HPV vaccine and encourages providers to give their patients a strong recommendation to get this cancer preventing vaccine.
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Nearly 14 million people, including teens, will get an HPV infection each year. While most infections will go away on their own, some may lead to cancer later in life. Make sure your preteen patients are up to date on the HPV vaccine. https://youtu.be/rz9Tfpv07B0
Your patients trust you to keep them and their children healthy. Recommend the HPV vaccine to protect them against cancer - the same way, same day as other adolescent vaccines. https://youtu.be/rz9Tfpv07B0
In addition to a yearly flu vaccine, three vaccines are recommended for 11-12 year olds to protect against the infections that can cause meningitis, HPV cancers, and whooping cough. You can take advantage of any visit to your child's doctor get recommended vaccines for your child, including sports physicals or annual checkups before the school year. https://youtu.be/rz9Tfpv07B0
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For more resources on the importance of the HPV vaccine, see our HPV Vaccine Toolkit.
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Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $79,278,482 with 100% funded by the CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, the CDC/HHS, the U.S. Government, or the Office of the Kansas Governor. For more information, please visit https://www.cdc.gov. [revision 10/01/21].
