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Abstract

The human papillomavirus affects over half of sexually active males and females at some point in their lifetime. Fortunately, there is a recommended vaccine, Gardasil, which can help protect both young males and females from acquiring certain strains of the HPV virus (CDC, 201 ld). The American Academy of Family Physicians, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine recommend HPV vaccination (CDC, 2012d). Even with these recommendations from highly trusted medical organizations and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) routine recommendation for use in 11 and 12 year old boys (CDC, 201 Id), merely 2% of adolescent boys have received any of the three doses of the Gardasil vaccine (Reiter, McRee, Pepper, Chantala, & Brewer, 2012). The purpose of this study is to identify the barriers to adolescent boys receiving the Gardasil vaccine, with the intention of discovering effective strategies to increase vaccination before boys become sexually active, consequently decreasing the number of HPV cases among both genders.

Year of Submission

2014

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services

First Advisor

Michele Devlin

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Date Original

2014

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Language

en

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