The role of healthcare providers in HPV vaccination programs - A meeting report.

Vorsters, Alex; Bonanni, Paolo; Maltezou, Helena C; Yarwood, Joanne; Brewer, Noel T; Bosch, F Xavier; Hanley, Sharon; Cameron, Ross; Franco, Eduardo L; Arbyn, Marc; +6 more...Muñoz, Nubia; Kojouharova, Mira; Pattyn, Jade; Baay, Marc; Karafillakis, Emilie

; and Van Damme, Pierre (2019) The role of healthcare providers in HPV vaccination programs - A meeting report. Papillomavirus Research, 8. 100183-. ISSN 2405-8521 DOI: 10.1016/j.pvr.2019.100183

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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Prevention and Control Board convened a meeting in Bucharest, Romania (May 2018), to discuss the role of healthcare providers (HCPs) in prevention programs, with a focus on HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening. International and local experts discussed the role that HCPs can play to increase the uptake of HPV vaccine and screening. Experts recommended: 1) increasing HCP norms of getting vaccinated; 2) training providers to make effective recommendations; 3) making culturally appropriate materials available, in local languages; and 4) centralizing and coordinating education and information material, to direct both HCPs and the general public to the best material available.