Clinician Resources

Below are resources to educate providers on the burden of HPV disease, HPV vaccine as a primary cancer prevention tool, effective communication with parents, state vaccination rates, and the most recent HPV vaccine recommendations.

 

Preteen VaxScene image.
Preteen VaxScene Webinars
CDC’s adolescent vaccination webinar series highlights important HPV vaccine information, gives tips on how to talk to parents, and gives tools and suggestions on raising rates.

 

Tips and Timesavers for talking with parents about HPV vaccine
Fact sheets for Clinicians
These fact sheets offer answers to the most common questions about HPV vaccination from providers. Some of the topics include information about the full adolescent platform, HPV specific information, and a tip sheet on Talking to Parents about HPV vaccine.

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Fact sheets for Parents
Fact sheets for Parents
Providers can use these CDC factsheets to help answer the questions parents may have. Providers can use these CDC fact sheets on all of the adolescent vaccines to help answer the questions parents may have.

 

HPV vaccine is cancer prevention.
AAP HPV Champion ToolkitExternal
This toolkit has some of the best resources available to help you educate other healthcare professionals, discuss HPV vaccination with parents, and make necessary changes in your practice to improve HPV vaccination rates.

 

Maintenance of Certification Activities
Maintenance of Certification ActivitiesExternal
This site is designed to assist eligible AAP Member pediatricians in developing, submitting, and managing a MOC related activity.

 

Community of Immunizers
AAP Practice Change & Education for HPVExternal
This AAP page offers education, policy and practice-change tools that can help you improve HPV vaccination rates in your practice.

 

Immunization services checklist
Suggestions to Improve Your Immunization Services Cdc-pdf[3 pages]External
A listing of ideas that healthcare professionals and practices can use to improve their efficiency in administering vaccines and increase their immunization rates.

 

HPV Vaccination Clearinghouse
HPV Vaccination ClearinghouseExternal
As part of the ACS HPV Roundtable the resource clearinghouse is a place where resources can be found to support the implementation of strategies to increase HPV vaccination by providing both patient and provider education tools.

 

ACS Just the Facts Handout.
ACS “Just the Facts” Handout Cdc-pdf[6 pages]External
A helpful fact sheet that highlights HPV vaccination facts with supporting information and talking points.

 

HPV vaccination poster.
ACS “Steps for Increasing HPV Vaccination in Practice” Cdc-pdf[8 pages]External
An Action Guide to Implement Evidence-based Strategies for Clinicians.

 

HPV Vaccine Video for Health Care Providers.
HPV Vaccine Video for Health Care ProvidersExternal
The Minnesota Department of Health has created a 12-minute video for health care providers on HPV vaccine communication. The video begins with humorous vignettes and then presents four model clinical encounters in which providers demonstrate low-stress ways of recommending HPV vaccine and answering questions from patients and parents. Each of the model encounters can also be viewed individually.

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Page last reviewed: November 15, 2016