The number of 13- to 17-year-old boys and girls getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine increased slightly for the second year in a row, according to data from CDC’s 2014 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen), published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Despite these increases, 4 out of 10 adolescent girls and 6 out of 10 adolescent boys have not started the recommended HPV vaccine series, leaving them vulnerable to cancers caused by HPV infections. Persistent HPV infections can cause cancers of the cervix, vagina, and vulva in women; cancers of the penis in men; and cancers of the anus and oropharynx (back of the throat, base of the tongue, and tonsils) in men and women. CDC recommends the vaccine for girls and boys at age 11 to 12 years.
The latest estimates show that 60 percent of adolescent girls and 42 percent of adolescent boys have received one or more doses of HPV vaccine. This was an increase of 3 percentage points for girls and 8 percentage points for boys from the 2013 NIS-Teen survey estimates.
While there was a 3 percentage point overall increase nationally for first-dose HPV vaccine coverage among adolescent girls, a handful of state and local areas achieved much larger increases in coverage.
“The large increases in these diverse parts of the country show us it is possible to do much better at protecting our nation’s youth from cancers caused by HPV infections,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “We are missing crucial opportunities to protect the next generation from cancers caused by HPV.”
Some of the promising strategies that have been effective in combination at increasing receipt of HPV vaccine include:
* Establishing links between cancer organizations and immunization organizations to emphasize HPV vaccination is cancer prevention;
* Health care provider education initiatives, including reminding doctors and nurses to take every opportunity to strongly recommend HPV vaccine, especially when they recommend the two other vaccines recommended at age 11 to 12 years (the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate and Tdap vaccines) and the annual flu vaccine;
* Practice-based quality improvement efforts by state and local health departments, such as assessment of a clinic’s HPV vaccination coverage levels and providing feedback on how to improve coverage;
* Public communication campaigns; and,
* Reminder-recall interventions, such as using immunization information systems to send reminders to parents about vaccinations for which their child is due.
The relatively large increases in HPV vaccination seen in some states mask the lack of progress in other states. Every year, about 27,000 women and men in the United States are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV infection. HPV vaccination could prevent the majority of these cancers from ever developing.
“HPV vaccine prevents cancer,” said Dr. Schuchat.
Research shows that an effective recommendation from a healthcare professional is crucial to a parent’s decision to get the HPV vaccine for their child. CDC encourages clinicians to recommend HPV vaccine the same way and same day they recommend other vaccines for adolescents.
Preteens need four vaccines at ages 11 or 12 years to protect against serious diseases: quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine to protect against meningitis; HPV vaccine to protect against HPV infection and HPV cancers; Tdap vaccine to protect against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, or whooping cough; and an annual flu shot to protect against seasonal flu. A second dose of meningococcal vaccine is needed at age 16.
CDC encourages parents and caregivers to talk to their child’s doctor or nurse at their next healthcare encounter. If a preteen or teen has not received all doses of these vaccines, make an appointment to get him or her vaccinated.
The NIS-Teen is a random-digit-dialed survey of parents and guardians of teens 13–17 years old and in 2014, included data for more than 20,000 adolescents. The telephone survey is followed by a mail survey that collects vaccination information from health-care providers.
Today’s article will be available on the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report website at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ after the embargo lifts at 1 p.m. ET.
For more information on the National Immunization Survey (NIS), please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/nis/about.html
Preteen and Teen Vaccines:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/teens
HPV Vaccine Resources for Healthcare Professionals:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/YouAreTheKey
HPV Vaccine Information for Parents and Public
http://www.cdc.gov/hpv
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Another viewpoint
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/05/05/hpv-vaccine-gardasil.aspx
http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/gardasil-vaccine-one-more-girl-dead/
^^^ Health Impact’s newsletter is misleading & meant to scare people. This girl’s death occurred last year and an autopsy revealed cause of death was due to a lethal level of antihistamine in her system.
Interesting view. Thoughts on the other video I posted?
?? It’s not my view, I was pointing out an error in their reporting. It doesn’t help the cause when they purposely leave out important facts such as the actual autopsy results which were published in several news sources last year. Sorry if that upset you.
Oh no! I meant your view on scare tactics. I think a lot of news places do that. My favorite is when MSM calls a few cases of a childhood disease a “breakout.” ? And yes, it’s very frustrating when facts are left out. Especially when they are facts that people need to make educated decisions about the health of our children! That’s why I get my information from more than one source. And you didn’t answer my question. Thoughts on the video I posted? Heartbreaking, right?!
Oh no! I meant your view on scare tactics. I think a lot of news places do that. My favorite is when MSM calls a few cases of a childhood disease a “breakout.” ? And yes, it’s very frustrating when facts are left out. Especially when they are facts that people need to make educated decisions about the health of our children! That’s why I get my information from more than one source. And you didn’t answer my question. Thoughts on the video I posted? Heartbreaking, right?!
http://edgytruth.com/2015/07/09/hpv-vaccine-did-this-to-her-child-warning-hard-to-watch/
Which vaccine is 99.97% safe?
Which vaccine is 99.97% safe?
Which vaccine is 99.97% safe?
Anti Vaccination cartoon from the 1940’s.
I’m still on the fence on this one. I had hpv as a young adult and cancer cells in my cervix. I was put on antibiotics and I was clear of it. I did not get the vaccine bcuz it was not available. Idk if I would want my kids to get vaccinated unless I knew they were sexually active. (Let’s get real this is how teens get HPV) it’s still a hard decision. I just don’t know. Yet!
Do some research before getting this for your child.
My daughter had a mild stroke after her first gardasil vaccine and was ill for many months after. Please research before you consider.
de un tiempo acá se incremento el virus en la población y pumm aparece la vacuna para los jovenes que son los que pueden incrementar la población mundial. A quien le combiene eso? …yo le pensaría antes!
Big Pharma will always have statistics in their favor. I cannot believe this vaccine is still so heavily promoted. Did they pay you to put this up?
http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/gardasil.asp
I am not trying to press my opinion on anyone else. I’m only stressing to do your research before considering. I believe the risks far out weigh the benefits.
Horrible vaccine
Amanda Stanley
Amanda Stanley
There are other vaccine options besides Gardasil. I forget what my vaccine was but it wasn’t Gardasil.
There are other vaccine options besides Gardasil. I forget what my vaccine was but it wasn’t Gardasil.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/lead-developer-of-hpv-vaccines-comes-clean-warns-parents-young-girls-its-all-a-giant-deadly-scam_012014
A lead developer of the vaccine warns that it is a deadly scam.
I have a young son and I will not get this vaccine I am not an anti vaxer but this one is just too much a lot of young kids have fallen ill or died as a direct cause of this vaccine basically my rule of thumb is if it’s a vaccine my husband and I had then it’s ok for our son
The hpv vaccine is the one vaccine I just can’t get behind. I had a really strange reaction to my second round so I never went back for the third
Would never get this for my child
It’s not a necessary shot. It doesn’t stop one from getting cancer, and in all likelihood, it will probably end up giving you cancer somewhere down the road.
Don’t give this to your kids alot of my friends have ..playing with fire
I will not be getting this vaccine for my kids. No Thank you.
I will not be getting this vaccine for my kids. No Thank you.
That’s because THIS POISON has injured thousands of poor young women. Line up the politicians and the Pharmaceutical company CEOs and INJECT THRM!!!
Many teens still not getting HPV vaccine and avoiding lifetime of disability or death.
Many teens still not getting HPV vaccine and avoiding lifetime of disability or death.
HPV vaccine covers only two strains of HPV out of 30+
HPV vaccine covers only two strains of HPV out of 30+
Don’t get the shot it’s B.S.
Don’t get the shot it’s B.S.