An educational intervention on HPV knowledge and comfortability discussing vaccination among oral health care professionals of the American Indian and Alaskan Native population

Adolescent Consent for Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations

“…[2][3][4] Many structural and behavioral approaches to improving HPV vaccine coverage have been suggested or evaluated, including behavioral interventions targeted to healthcare providers (HCPs) and parents, [5][6][7][8] implementation of practice-wide or system-wide changes (e.g., provider prompts), 9 and consideration of alternative sites for HPV vaccination (eg, schools, pharmacies, and dental offices). [10][11][12][13][14] An important additional approach for reducing access barriers to HPV vaccination is permitting adolescents to consent for themselves. Given that a low proportion of adolescents complete the HPV vaccine series by their thirteenth birthday, there is a need for catch-up vaccination into later adolescence.…”