Exploring Gender/Sexuality Disparities Within HPV Vaccination Messaging
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Authors
Crosswell, Laura
Indome, Christabel Indome
Issue Date
11/30/2025
Type
Poster
Language
en_US
Keywords
Human Papillomavirus , Gender , Vaccinations
Alternative Title
Abstract
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Historically vaccination protocols have primarily targeted women, which has led to an underrepresentation of how the virus could affect the male population. The FDA approved to administer the HPV vaccination to boys and young men in 2009 (Gutierrez, et al., 2012). Given the recent approval of the vaccine, many experts continue to observe gender biased messaging in HPV-related public health advertisements(Leader, et al., 2022). This study aims to address the specific elements of Merck's advertisement and how it affects the viewers understanding of the HPV vaccine.