CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Strategies to Improve HPV Vaccine Uptake: Effective Vaccine Messaging

Episode Summary

Listen to Rebekah Fenton, MD, MPH, and Sharon G. Humiston, MD, MPH discuss strategies to improve your messaging techniques with patients and their families about the HPV vaccine to improve uptake and prevent certain types of cancer.

Episode Notes

Listen in as Rebekah Fenton, MD, MPH, and Sharon G. Humiston, MD, MPH, discuss strategies to improve your messaging techniques with the HPV vaccine, including:

• Persisting in vaccine recommendation after initial refusal
• Educating patients and their families together
• Ensuring staff are trained to correctly answer questions
• Knowing when interested patients in your state can consent to vaccination without needing parental consent

Presenters:
Rebekah Fenton, MD, MPH
Adolescent Medicine Physician
Alivio Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Sharon G. Humiston, MD, MPH
Director for Research
Associate Editor of IZ-Express
Immunize.org
Rochester, New York

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