Society of behavioral medicine supports increasing HPV vaccination uptake: an urgent opportunity for cancer prevention

Practice: Healthcare providers and healthcare systems should improve patient education and communication, clinical standards of practice, and information systems to ensure eligible female and male patients initiate and complete the full HPV vaccination series. Policy: Legislators and policy makers should ensure adequate resources to achieve the HPV vaccination goals by advocating for improved coverage and reimbursement for providers, optimized school curricula and role in vaccination-related activities, and increased public awareness. Research: SBM encourages the initiation of studies employing implementation science methodologies to identify behavioral and systems strategies for addressing both supply-side and demand side barriers to HPV vaccination uptake and series completion