HPV Vaccine Mandates Raise Question of Timing

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine burst onto the market and the legislative scene nearly simultaneously. Marketed as an amazing medical breakthrough, the vaccine GARDASIL prevents infection with four strains of Human Papillomavirus in nave populations; these four strains are responsible for 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital warts. Although most agreed that the vaccine was a wonderful medical advancement with the potential to save women's lives, there was strong disagreement about and a vocal public response to legislative attempts to require girls to receive HPV vaccines for school attendance.The strong public response to HPV vaccine mandates partially stemmed from the sense that this vaccine is different from previously mandated vaccines because it attempts to prevent disease whose sole route of transmission is through sexual contact. Most other diseases covered by mandated vaccines are spread through the air, with little an individual can do in altering their behavior to prevent infection.

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HPV Vaccination Status and Mandate Support for School-Aged Adolescents Among College Females

The Journal of School Nursing ◽

10.1177/1059840516659764 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 232-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kelly L. Wilson ◽

Matthew Lee Smith ◽

Brittany L. Rosen ◽

Jairus C. Pulczinski ◽

Marcia G. Ory

Keyword(s):

Hpv Vaccine ◽

Hpv Vaccination ◽

Pap Test ◽

School Nurses ◽

Vaccination Status ◽

Sexually Active ◽

Student Knowledge ◽

Hpv Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Beliefs ◽

Vaccine Mandates

The purpose of this study was to describe college-aged females’ human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge and beliefs, perceptions and perceived benefits of the HPV vaccine, and identify characteristics associated with vaccination status and support for HPV vaccine mandates. Data were collected from 1,105 females by an Internet-delivered questionnaire during February to March 2011. This descriptive study utilizes χ2 tests and t-tests to compare participant responses. HPV-related knowledge scores were 8.08 out of 11 points. Those who initiated HPV vaccination were significantly younger, single, engaged in sex, were sexually active, and had a Pap test. Participants who had more friends receiving the vaccine were significantly more likely to support mandates for 9–11 and 12–17 years and were more likely to complete the HPV vaccination cycle. Findings suggest the importance of educational programs adopted and delivered by school nurses, which aim to improve student knowledge and reduce misconceptions related to the HPV vaccine and vaccination mandates.

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Doctors, Legislators Differ On HPV Vaccine Mandates

Pediatric News ◽

10.1016/s0031-398x(07)70065-6 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

BRUCE K. DIXON

Keyword(s):

Hpv Vaccine ◽

Vaccine Mandates

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Proposed HPV Vaccine Mandates Rile Health Experts Across the Country

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ◽

10.1093/jnci/djk190 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 99 (9) ◽

pp. 665-666 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

L. Savage

Keyword(s):

Hpv Vaccine ◽

Vaccine Mandates ◽

Health Experts

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Scaling Up the Discovery of Hesitancy Profiles by Identifying the Framing of Beliefs towards Vaccine Confidence in Twitter Discourse

10.1101/2021.10.01.21264439 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Maxwell A Weinzierl ◽

Suellen Hopfer ◽

Sanda M Harabagiu

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Hpv Vaccine ◽

Question Answering ◽

Scaling Up ◽

Moral Foundations ◽

Vaccine Mandates ◽

Twitter Users ◽

Vaccine Confidence ◽

Health Messaging

Our study focused on the inference of the framing of confidence in the HPV vaccine throughout a collection of 422,078 tweets as well as the framing of confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines through a collection of 5,865,046 tweets. The vaccine confidence framings were inferred by using a novel Question/Answering framework enabling the derivation of a misinformation taxonomy as well as trust taxonomies for these two vaccines. These taxonomies, along with the analysis of vaccine literacy, the implied moral foundations and the tension between vaccine mandates and civil rights allowed us to discover several profiles of hesitancy for each vaccine across 138,779 Twitter users referring to confidence in HPV vaccine and 665,798 users referring to confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. These hesitancy profiles inform public health messaging approaches to effectively reach Twitter users with promise to shift or bolster vaccine attitudes.

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