1. Barren River District Health Department Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

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What have you heard about HPV?
Ask students…

3. Barren River District Health Department What is HPV?
Over 150 related types of viruses
Most common STI in the world
More than 40 types can infect the genitals of males and females
The most dangerous types of HPV can be prevented

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How does HPV spread?

5. Barren River District Health Department How does HPV spread?
Spread through skin-to-skin contact
Mostly through oral, anal and vaginal sex
Most people don’t show symptoms
Anyone who has ever had sex is at risk of having HPV
Even if you aren’t showing symptoms

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What kinds of health problems are associated with HPV?

7. Barren River District Health Department What can HPV cause?
90% of the time the infection clears on it’s own. But if it doesn’t...
Genital warts
Different types of cancer (cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal, and oropharyngeal)

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The following slides contain graphic images of complications caused by certain strains of HPV.

9. Oral and genital warts

10. Stages of abnormal cervical cell growth

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How common do you think HPV is in this country?

12. Barren River District Health Department How common is HPV?
79 million Americans have HPV
14 million new infections/year
360,000 cases of genital warts
11,000 cervical cancer cases
Nearly EVERY person who has sex will have one type of HPV during their lives!
24.8%
That’s 1 in 4 people!

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How would you find out if you had HPV?

15. Barren River District Health Department How do I get tested?
The Pap-HPV Test
Usually done at the same time
The test collects cells from your cervix to check for abnormal cells
It also sends a sample to the lab to find out if the HPV virus is present
Unfortunately men can’t be tested for HPV now. Pap test should be done annually when a woman starts going to the GYN.
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16. No cell changes were found in your cervix
Result
Normal
Unclear
Abnormal
What does that mean?
No cell changes were found in your cervix
Your cervical cells look like they could be abnormal
This may or may not be related to HPV
Cell changes were found in your cervix
The changes were caused by HPV
You probably DO NOT have cervical cancer
What should I do?
Keep up with your annual Pap Test to make sure your cells stay this way
Get an HPV Test to see what caused the cell changes
Minor changes will usually go away on their own
More serious changes should be monitored by your doctor
Since statistically 1 in 4 of you will get HPV at some point let’s understand what Pap smear results actually mean.

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So there’s a pretty good chance you’ll encounter at least 1 type of HPV in your life…
But how can you prevent more serious forms of HPV that cause cancer and warts?

18. Barren River District Health Department How can I prevent HPV?
Vaccinate with the 3-dose series!
Gardasil ® 9 protects against the nine strains of HPV that cause:
Cervical Cancer
90%
Vulvar cancer
Vaginal cancer
85%
Anal cancer
90-95%
High-grade cervical pre-cancers
80%
Low-grade cervical lesions
50%
Genital warts
If you already got the series when you were younger, there’s a good chance it was the quadrivalent vaccine that protects you against 4 types of HPV (6, 11, 16, 18) The new vaccine added immunity to types (31, 33, 45, 52, and 58).
If you already had the shots there’s no reason to go back and get the new series.

19. Barren River District Health Department How can I prevent HPV?
Who should be getting the shots?
Girls and women ages 9-26
Boys and men ages 9-21
Dose 1
2 months after Dose 1
Dose 2:
6 months after Dose 1
Dose 3:

20. Barren River District Health Department Why does this matter?
50%
National average is 60%

21. Barren River District Health Department Why does this matter?
Less than 29%
National average is 42%

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Why do you think people aren’t getting the vaccine?

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Is vaccine safety an issue?

24. Barren River District Health Department How safe is the vaccine?
Common Side Effects:
Pain, redness or swelling
Fever
Headache or feeling tired
Nausea
Muscle or joint pain
Fainting, especially in females and teens
That’s 1 in 4 people!

25. Barren River District Health Department How safe is the vaccine?
Risk vs. Benefit
Cancer prevention far outweighs common side effects
Vaccines require vigorous testing before being made a formal recommendation
That’s 1 in 4 people!

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What can I do to promote HPV vaccination in the community?

27. Barren River District Health Department How can I promote vaccination?
Spread the word
Watch the movie “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic”
Most people don’t know anything about HPV and don’t know that there’s a shot to prevent cancers.

28. Questions?

29. Mallory Callahan
Public Health Associate
Barren River District Health Department
1109 State St, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: (270) ext. 105
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