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. 2018 Jun 28;14(10):2503–2509. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1480237

Table 2.

Example presentations by vaccine recommendation style and vaccine value to child.

  Vaccine recommendation style
Vaccine value to child Indicated Elective Contraindicated
Not mentioned You're due for the HPV vaccine. And you can get the HPV vaccine if you want. And the HPV vaccine we can do next year.
Low (Male patient) You're due for the HPV vaccine. One of the primary reasons for getting immunized is to help protect women. Are you going to start the HPV vaccine today? It's a very common one that some people have reservations about. (11-year-old) I start talking about Gardasil just to let you start thinking about it. I usually start it at 12. Um, that's against genital warts.
Medium The HPV vaccine is recommended to prevent cancer. If you want, you can start the HPV vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer. You got the info sheet on the HPV and that's something we definitely recommend. We can probably start the series next year.
High Both of you can get a shot called HPV. And I highly recommend it. Because it protects against cervical cancer in women and genital warts in men. And it's – We routinely give it to all children who are nine or above. Can we go ahead and do that today? The HPV vaccine. Um, it's not only cervical cancer, it's penile cancer, anal cancer, head and neck cancers, throat cancers, it's a lot of different things. The HPV vaccine is very important and you can get it starting next year.