Estimated time to complete: 25-30 minutes Audience: Healthcare Providers and Teams
This is a 0.5-hour Continuing Education (CE) activity. CE is cost free and available for physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners.
After taking this module you will be able to:
Explain why HPV vaccine is important enough to be routinely recommended for young people (i.e., HPV cancer prevention).
Give an HPV vaccination recommendation that is effective and succinct using the same way, same day approach to the introduction of HPV vaccine.
Answer the most frequently asked questions about HPV vaccine accurately and succinctly.
Announcement or Presumptive Language is stating that a child is due for vaccines and assuming that the parent is ready to vaccinate. This essentially ends the conversation at the announcement point unless the parent has any further questions. The goal of this is to increase vaccination rates for adolescent vaccines.
Immunize Kansas Coalition is an independent 501(c)(3) non profit organization.
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].
