key: cord-0865410-bk7wugey
authors: Mansfield, Lisa N.; Balasuriya, Lilanthi; Brown, Arleen
title: COVID-19 Vaccination in Children: Lessons Learned from Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
date: 2022-01-19
journal: J Adolesc Health
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.01.120
sha: 81f851437fe3f693b466c669d0fcd7e49fc518ce
doc_id: 865410
cord_uid: bk7wugey

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The initial enthusiasm for finding vaccines for HPV and COVID-19 quickly rebounded to 25 public skepticism due to misinformation in major media outlets. Mass media became a source to 26 spread misinformation about both vaccines, raising parents' skepticism to vaccinate children.

The initial enthusiasm for HPV vaccines was rapidly countered by negative public messaging 28 that the vaccines increased promiscuity, 3 causing controversy among religious leaders about and creating system-wide changes across various healthcare settings (e.g., offer HPV vaccination 63 in pharmacies). 9 These strategies were augmented by reframing HPV vaccine messaging for 64 healthcare providers and in the media to focus on cancer prevention and gender inclusivity, and

COVID-19: State-level data report

This project was done with no specific support as it is a commentary. All authors contributed significantly to the work in this manuscript. Dr. Mansfield conceptualized