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Can dramatically reduce the risk of cervical cancer worldwide. Future Protection Can prevent other types of cancer.

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Vaccine Tetanus Vaccine Hepatitis B Vaccine

Gardasil-First Vaccine developed to prevent cervical caner.

Relatively a rare disease in the United States.

In 2006 almost 10,000 cases of cervical cancer will occur in American women resulting in 3,700 deaths.

Recommended that vaccine be administered to girls all ages from 11-12, as early as 9 years old.
Must be administered 3 times over a 6 month period. HPV is different than any other infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, or whooping cough which are easily transmitted in school settings.

Approximately 6.2 million cases are reported each year.

The state laws and policies are requiring young females to be vaccinated prior to enrollment in day care or school.
Parents would need documentation to prove that the child has received the HPV vaccine.

46% of high school students have sexual intercourse by the time they graduate.
75% have sexual relations before they are married. STIs are more common in adolescent girls (3.2 million). 18.3 % of the population is affected with HPV.

Cost (Gardasil 360$ for three part series) Long-Term Safety of Vaccine Legal, Ethical, and Social Concerns Gender Controversy The benefits of the vaccine are not great enough to outweigh the effects.

Students will get into groups of 4. Each group will be given a different a question relating to the topic we discussed today in class. The groups will be given time to discuss their question with their classmates. Each group will then present their topic and opinions to the class.