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HPV and Young Women
The Open Door to Cancer
A Public Health Concern
Epidemiology
• HPV is one of the most
common STD’s affecting
the U.S.
• Nearly impossible to
escape as a sexually
active male or female!
Distribution
• CDC reports 79 million
women ages 14-59 are
infected with HPV.
• HPV’s prevalence in
women is among
college ages of 20-24
years.
Risk Factors
• Multiple Partners
• Careless Sexual activity
• Oral to genital sex
Biostatistics
A collection of Biological and Medical
Data
Biological Data
Data that is analyzed and
calculated to reveal
trends, diseases, and risk
factors among our
population.
Medical Data
• Preventative and
biological impact data
can be collected
through a series of
surveys, surveillance,
blind studies,
questionnaires, and
many more.
• Vaccine Clinical Trials
Biomedical
Human Papilloma virus is a complex
of nucleic acid and protein.
Integrates with living cell upon
entering the body.
Biomedical Con’t
• Once the virus integrates it begins to
replicate.
• Most HPV infections result in benign
lesions.
• Oncogenic cancer causing 16 & 18 is
most prevalent in cervical cancer.
• Can you tell which one is benign and
which one is cancerous?
Social and Behavioral Factors
Social Factors
• Age
• Geographical location
• Lack of Healthcare
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Behavioral Factors
• HPV can be transmitted
absent of intercourse.
• Non-coital- sexual
activity without
intercourse.
• Coital- sexual activity
which includes
intercourse.
Condoms Do Not Prevent
Transmission of the Virus!!
HPV can be transmitted through semen and
vaginal fluids, oral to genital, genital to oral, and
skin to skin when interacting with an infected
partner.
Look before you dive…….literally!!
Policy
Education
• Knowledge on the subject is
still low and often
inaccurate. Because college
aged students are at a
greater risk of contracting
the virus, educational
measures must be taken to
ensure all students are
aware of the risks and are
better prepared to protect
themselves" (Understanding
HPV, pg. 459 ).
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Policy Con’t
Vaccination
• Vaccine information is also important.
• Making sure girls, teens and adolescent
women are informed and aware of its
availability is a part of the policy put in
place for HPV prevention.
• “Some states have made prevention
education a requirement in schools and
among parents”(Women’s Health Policy).
kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/thehpv-vaccine-access-and-use-in/
References
• Trad, M., Reardon, R. F., & Caraveo, D. (2013). Understanding
HPV and the Future Implications of Contracting the Virus.
Radiologic Technology, 84(5), 457-466.
• Women’s Health Policy. Sept. 22, 2014. The HPV Vaccine:
Access and Use in the U.S. The Henry J. Keiser Foundation.
kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-hpv-vaccineaccess-and-use-in/