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Local health department experiences supporting community efforts to increase HPV vaccination rates


Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Kate Heyer, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Offiicals, Washington, DC
Kate Drezner, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Offiicals, Washington, DC
Lisa McKeown, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Offiicals, Washington, DC
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually-transmitted infection in the United States with approximately 79 million people currently infected. HPV infection is also a leading cause of cervical cancer and a contributing factor to cancers of the anus, vagina, vulva, penis, and throat. However, despite the availability of an HPV vaccine, vaccination rates remain low, with only 38% of females and 14% of males completing the three dose series.

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) received funding from the CDC to support ten local health departments (LHDs) to develop site-specific action plans to increase HPV vaccination rates in their communities. The presentation will provide an overview of the action planning process involving community stakeholders such as cancer coalitions, healthcare providers, hospitals, parent groups and schools, in addition to key lessons learned throughout the action planning process.

Two selected LHDs will provide an overview of their action plans and describe strategies for implementation.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Provision of health care to the public
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Discuss approaches to developing community-specific action plans to increase HPV vaccination rates. Describe examples of individual local health department action plans to increase HPV vaccination rates.

Keyword(s): Immunizations, Cancer Prevention and Screening

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal or co-principal of multiple federally funded grants focusing on HIV and STI prevention and the promotion of HPV and other immunizations.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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