Resources

HPV / Cancer Prevention Initiative Preliminary Materials & Research

Session Law 2007-59 Senate Bill 260
Bill entitled: "To ensure that schools provide information concerning cervical cancer, cervical Dysplasia, Human Papillomavirus, and the vaccines available to prevent these diseases."

NC Department of Health & Human Services, Immunize North Carolina HPV Information and Resources
This site provides a description of the Human Papillomavirus, vaccine information, and helpful HPV literature developed in English and Spanish for printing and distributing.

• Universal Childhood Vaccine Distribution Program (UCVDP) (part of the North Carolina Immunization Branch)
• UCVDP Coverage Criteria List of memos and useful information provided by the NC Immunization branch

HPV Safety Memo (July 15, 2008) (pdf)
The above document is a safety memo released by the NC Division of Public Health Immunization Branch in response to recent concern of the HPV vaccine, Guardasil's, safety.

Connecting Practice and Research

The South Central Partnership connected with Dr. Noel Brewer, Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the UNC School of Public Health, to address the growing incidence of cervical cancer.  Dr. Brewer's research focuses on medical decision making, including why people feel at risk and when these beliefs motivate health protective behavior. Current studies examine decisions to be vaccinated against HPV. Learn more about Dr. Brewer’s research.

HPV/Cervical Cancer Prevention Campaign Project Information

Report to South Central Partnership for Public Health (January 28, 2009) (pdf) Authors: Joan Cates, PhD, MPH; Autumn Shafer, MA; Sandra Diehl, MPH; Heather Gates, MPH; and UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate Student Teams: Emily Brostek, Miriam Hartmann, Carrie Meier (Pursuing MPH); and Ali Groves, Autumn Shafer, Carmina Valle, MPH (Pursing PhD)

The above document summarizes the findings from formative research intended to inform an HPV/Cancer Prevention Social Marketing Campaign to increase the uptake of the HPV vaccine in the South Central Partnership for Public Health (SCPPH). The focus is on mothers or caregivers of adolescent daughters up to age 18, with a special emphasis on daughters 11-12 years old, the age group for which the HPV vaccine is routinely recommended.

• Report Appendices (pdf)

HPV/Cervical Cancer Prevention Campaign Project Outline (pdf)
The above document provides a detailed outline of the HPV / Cervical Cancer Prevention Campaign including project mission, short- and long-term goals, strategy areas, costs, and project timeline (pdf).

Publications

"Increasing HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer" (Carolina Public Health Magazine, Spring 2009)  "If a vaccine could protect your daughter from developing cervical cancer, would you make sure she got the shots? But is the vaccine safe?" Follow the link to read the entire article on this important Incubator funded campaign.

"Text4Health: A Qualitative Evaluation of Parental Readiness for Text Message Immunization Reminders" (Ref: Olshen Karhbanda, et.al., AJPH. Dec 2009. Vol 99, No 12. Pp 2176-2177.)
This article provides food for thought about using technology to remind parents about their teenagers' immunization schedule and follow up: "Only 37% of girls aged 13 to 17 years had received the first dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine. Thus, interventions are needed to increase uptake of these vaccines. Immunization reminder-recalls have been recommended as a method to improve vaccine coverage in adolescents, but traditional mail and phone reminders may be problematic in populations most at risk for underimmunization.”