According to Malo, «public health interventions designed to increase
HPV vaccine recommendation for males should focus on increasing recommendations by family practitioners and also identifying and supporting innovators and early adopters who may help diffuse HPV vaccination guidelines and encourage later adopters to support the recommendations.»
They also found that physician
HPV vaccine recommendations may also depend on insurance coverage.
Not exact matches
The rationale behind the
recommendation is that the
vaccine prevents genital warts and anal cancers in males, both of which can be caused by
HPV
The guideline
recommendations were developed by a multinational and multidisciplinary panel of oncology, obstetrics / gynecology, public health, cancer control, epidemiology / biostatistics, health economics, behavioral / implementation science, and patient advocacy experts, including some of the world's foremost research leaders on
HPV and
HPV vaccines.
Despite the WHO
recommendation, she said, skeptics have wondered whether the
vaccine would be safe and helpful for women with weakened immune systems who were already likely to have been exposed to
HPV through sex.
The authors cite barriers to adoption of the
HPV vaccine in boys that include the misconception that
HPV is only a women's health issue, not receiving a
recommendation from a doctor or health care provider, and concerns over costs; in provinces where the
HPV vaccine is not provided free, the cost of one dose is about $ 150, and multiple doses are required.
And although the
vaccine has not been proven to prevent head and neck cancers, which can also be caused by
HPV, the recent rise in cases of these cancers likely factored into the panel's reasoning for the
recommendation, Schaffner said.
Statement by Dr. Vanessa Cullins, Planned Parenthood Federation of America vice president for medical affairs, regarding the
recommendation made today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that 11 - and 12 - year - old boys receive the
HPV vaccine.