Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections cause more than 35,900 cancers annually in the United States. HPV is responsible for a large percentage of female cancers – cervical (99%), vaginal (75%), and vulvar (69%) – and women are disproportionately affected by HPV-related anal (66%) and oropharyngeal (70%) cancers. Studies report that the United States lags behind other developed countries when it comes to HPV vaccination uptake as well as cervical cancer incidence rates. While cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have declined significantly in the United States over the last 50 years, there is a pressing public health need for cancer prevention through HPV vaccination, screening and early diagnosis, and treatment of precancerous disease.
HPV & Related Diseases are part of the SWHR Infectious Diseases Network, which engages the following focus areas: HPV & Related Diseases and Vaccines.
As part of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Month in April, SWHR created this toolkit to share out on social...
Webinars & Videos
The #SWHRtalksHPV Video Series was created to help parents and guardians learn about the HPV vaccine and cancer prevention by...
Fact Sheets
Adolescents are five times more likely to receive the HPV vaccine with a provider recommendation.
Peer-Reviewed ArticlesThis paper in the Journal of Women’s Health captures the current landscape of HPV-related anogenital cancers, their effects on women’s...
Historically, oral cancer has been associated with smoking and alcohol consumption and diagnosed primarily in 60- and 70-year-old men. However, recently, HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers increased by 1.3% in women each year.
An SWHR interdisciplinary group of public health researchers and professionals, community leaders, and health care providers discussed how to improve HPV vaccine uptake.
The Value of Diagnostics within Women’s Health series in 2022 featured six public forums that sought to highlight the role of screening and diagnostics throughout a woman’s lifespan.
The Infectious Diseases Network meeting in fall 2022 covered the role of education in vaccine uptake and renewed hope for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rate in the United States.
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