Nearly 68 million Americans had a STI in 2018 and half of the 26 million new cases were people aged 15 to 24.
HPV
Boosting HPV vaccination rates: A call to action
Faculty Nancy R. Berman, MSN, ANP-BC, NCMP, FAANP, is a nurse practitioner at Michigan Healthcare Professionals in Farmington Hills and a Clinical…
Early antiretroviral therapy could lower risk of HPV contraction and cervical cancer
A study by British and Spanish researchers revealed that early uptake of antiretroviral therapy for women with HIV was associated with lower rates…
Exploring the feasibility of HPV self-collected sampling
According to the American Cancer Society, about 13,170 new cases of invasive cervical cancer are expected to be diagnosed in…
Factors associated with HPV vaccination before first sexual intercourse among female college students
The first aim of this study was to identify characteristic differences between college women who completed the 3-dose human papillomavirus…
Handout on HPV for your patients from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
As parents, you do everything you can to protect your children’s health for now and for the future. Today, there…
Human papillomavirus vaccination 2020 guideline update: American Cancer Society guideline adaptation
The American Cancer Society (ACS) presents an adaptation of the current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations for human papillomavirus…
Implementing Bundled HPV Immunization Strategies to Reduce Missed Opportunities
Despite the availability of a well-studied, safe, and effective vaccine, the national HPV vaccination coverage is below 50% among adolescents and the rates continue to lag among US military members.
New evidence-based guideline for accurate HPV testing in head and neck cancers
The College of American Pathologists has released its newest evidence-based practice guideline, “Human Papillomavirus Testing in Head and Neck Carcinomas,”…
New HPV Infections Fall More Than 80 Percent
Even women not vaccinated against HPV appear to be benefitting as signs of herd immunity emerge.
Oral sex is now the leading risk factor for throat cancer
Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid increase in throat cancer in the west, to the extent…
Position Statement: Cervical Cancer Screening
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) supports a concerted effort to continue to improve cervical cancer…
Use of Motivational Interviewing to Address HPV Vaccine Hesitancy
In a time when parental vaccine hesitancy in pediatric spaces continues to occur, it is important that NPs have a tool kit for continuing the conversation in both an empathetic and informative way.
Vaginal Microbiome in Gynaecological Cancer
The vaginal microbiome is comprised of a plethora of bacterial species (ranging from 20 to 140), with the most abundant…
Wording of vaccination messaging influences behavior
Washington State University researchers conducted an experiment that studied how differences in messages influenced participants’ attitudes about the human papillomavirus…