Cervical Health Awareness Month

HPV Vaccine Resources

1. The AAP HPV Champion Toolkit provides resources to help practices improve HPV vaccination rates.  The HPV Champion Toolkit is available at www.aap.org/hpvtoolkit.  Please feel free to share the HPV Champion Toolkit with your partners.  Toolkit Resources Include:
   1. Online Learning Opportunities for CME Credit
      1. Adolescent Immunizations: Strongly Recommending the HPV Vaccine
      2. Adolescent Immunizations: Office Strategies
   2. Quality Improvement
      1. Sample Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Improvement Cycles
      2. EQIPP Immunization Course (offers Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part 4 Credit)
   3. HPV Vaccine Content and Education
      1. Fact Sheets
      2. PowerPoint Presentations:
         1. You Are The Key to HPV Cancer Prevention:  60 Minute (Clinician Focus)
         2. You Are The Key to HPV Cancer Prevention:  20 Minute (Non Clinician Focus)
         3. How to Increase Adolescent Immunization Rates
   4. Public Communication
      1. Sample Facebook Posts
      2. Sample Tweets
   5. Success Stories – Examples of Chapter HPV vaccination successes
2. Below is information from the CDC regarding their activities planned for January to promote Cervical Health Awareness Month:
   1. Register for the #PreteenVaxScene webinar miniseries in January, and promote the webinars among your colleagues and partners.  Each weekly webinar will offer perspectives on “Taming Conversations Around HPV Vaccine and Other Immunizations in Social Media” from experts in immunization, vaccine safety, vaccine acceptance, and social media:
      1. Jan. 8^th 11:00AM ET: “Vaccine Hesitancy, Public Health, and Evidence Based Research.” Presented by Seth Mnookin.  Register here.
      2. Jan 14^th 4:00PM ET: “To Engage or Not to Engage: That is the question
         for social media comments.” Presented by Julie Leask, PhD, MPH.
         Register here.
      3. Jan 22^nd 11:00AM ET: “But I saw it on the internet! Addressing safety concerns that have gone viral.”  Presented by Cindy Weinbaum, MD, MPH and Melinda Wharton, MD, MPH.  Register here.
      4. Jan 29^th 11:00AM ET: “Harnessing Enthusiasm: Real world examples of engaging partners in social media discussions.” Presented by Karen Ernst and Christine Vara.  Register here.
   2. Participate in the #PreventCancerTogether Thunderclap campaign.   Thunderclap is a social media tool that allows supporters to sign up in advance to share a unified message at a specific time via their individual Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr accounts.  On January 18th, Thunderclap will release the message on the timelines of all those that signed up, thus creating a social media Thunderclap of support.