TY - JOUR AU - Areo, Adeola AU - Crawford, Kia AU - Nwachukwu, Chichy PY - 2019/04/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - HPV VACCINATION: INCREASING PARENTAL AWARENESS ON PREVENTING CANCER IN THEIR CHILDREN JF - Journal of Student Research JA - J Stud Res VL - IS - SE - DO - 10.47611/jsr.vi.708 UR - https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/708 SP - AB - <span>HPV is responsible for almost all cervical, anal, oropharynx, penile, vaginal cancers and 90% of genital warts (Rahman, Laz, McGrath, &amp; Berenson, 2014). <span>HPV infection often occurs shortly after initiation of sexual activity. In one study of college-aged women, the cumulative incidence of any HPV infection at 1 year after sexual intercourse was 28.5%, and increased to almost 50% by 3 years (Wang &amp; Palefsky, 2015). HPV is usually transmitted through vaginal or anal intercourse, but it can occur through oral-genital or genital-genital contact as well (Wang &amp; Palefsky, 2015). </span>Currently in the United States, there are three vaccines approved for the prevention of HPV. <span>The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends routine administration of HPV vaccine at ages 11 and 12 for girls and boys, with catch-up vaccinations through age 26 for females and age 21 for males.</span></span> ER -