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Addressing Barriers to HPV Vaccination Implementation: Model and Tools of Effective Advocacy for Children
Overturning the bans in 12 school districts required a sustained effort over 18 months. It entailed mobilizing the medical and health scientist communities and their data, locally, nationally and internationally; identifying and welcoming people in other fields with particular expertise; working judiciously with the media; and travelling to make formal presentations to school districts. This session will desribe the methods and tools used, and present the highs and lows of this successful public health advocacy.
Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health educationEthics, professional and legal requirements
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the social justice case for in-school human papillomavirus vaccination and the Canadian Federal Government’s decision to fund free vaccination for girls to be administered in schools.
Describe the religious barriers created to the implementation of this policy in 12 Canadian publicly funded school districts.
Name the methods and tools used in the successful bioethicist-led effort to lift the vaccine bans.
Keyword(s): Advocacy, Child Health Promotion
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I led this advocacy effort and worked with all other participants. I am the first author of a paper in Preventive Medicine describing our efforts in one of the 12 school districts.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.