Healthcare Triage

The HPV Vaccine Is Still Underutilized (2015x114)

Date de diffusion: Déc 07, 2015

When people hear about vaccine denial, they most often think about parents who are refusing to vaccinate their children. But there's another type of vaccine refusal, and it's important that we not ignore that, too. Doctors sometimes promote the use of some vaccines with less enthusiasm than others. Sometimes, they don't talk about them at all. This occurs most often with the herpes simplex virus, or HPV, vaccine. Our suboptimal immunization rates with this vaccine, and the behaviors of the physicians who might be contributing to that, have consequences. That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage. This is based largely off a post Aaron wrote for the Upshot. Links to further reading can be found there: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/upshot/hpv-vaccine-myth-good-talks-needed.html John Green -- Executive Producer Stan Muller -- Director, Producer Aaron Carroll -- Writer Mark Olsen -- Graphics http://www.twitter.com/aaronecarroll http://www.twitter.com/crashcoursestan http://www.twitter.com/johngreen http://www.twitter.com/olsenvideo And the housekeeping: 1) You can support Healthcare Triage on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr Every little bit helps make the show better! 2) Check out our Facebook page: http://goo.gl/LnOq5z 3) We still have merchandise available at http://www.hctmerch.com