Recommending HPV vaccination at age 9 to reduce health disparities: Communication challenges and opportunities.

The HPV vaccine is approved for children as young as age nine and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices routinely for ages 11-12. However, many U.S.

A Social Identity Threat Perspective on Why Partisans May Engage in Greater Victim Blaming and Sexual Assault Myth Acceptance in the #MeToo Era.

This study examined how U.S. partisans ( = 1,154) may engage in greater victim blaming and sexual assault myth acceptance to defend their political identities in the #MeToo era.

A systematic literature review to examine the potential for social media to impact HPV vaccine uptake and awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about HPV and HPV vaccination.

This article summarizes the findings from a systematic literature review to examine how social media may impact HPV vaccine uptake and HPV and HPV vaccine related awareness, knowledge, and attitudes. Study inclusion criteria was original data collection of at least one data point about social media and HPV and/or HPV vaccination, such that the study provided insight into how social media content may influence HPV and HPV vaccine related knowledge, attitudes, and/or behaviors. A total of 44 relevant articles were identified using the following databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, Communication Source, Sociological Abstracts, Business Source Elite, and the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Health Intervention to Improve Adolescents' Knowledge About and Vaccination Against the Human Papillomavirus.

This study describes the formative research, execution, and evaluation of a social media health intervention to improve adolescents' knowledge about and vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). Based on the results from formative focus groups with adolescents (N = 38) to determine intervention feasibility, parameters, and message preferences, we developed and conducted a pretest/posttest evaluation of a 3-month social media health intervention for adolescents who had not completed the HPV vaccine series (N = 108). Results revealed that adolescents who fully engaged with the intervention improved in their knowledge compared with a control group, and many were also likely to have interpersonal discussions with others about what they learned.

Unblurring the lines of sexual consent with a college student-driven sexual consent education campaign.

Objective: To test the effectiveness of a college student-driven sexual consent education campaign to improve college students' sexual consent understanding.

Participants: Undergraduate students (N = 992) at a large, public Midwestern university between March and December 2015.

Methods: Three online survey questionnaires assessing relevant outcome measures were distributed to the university's undergraduate student population before, during, and after the campaign's implementation over two consecutive academic semesters.

Partnering with middle school students to design text messages about HPV vaccination.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is routinely recommended for U.S. adolescents ages 11 to 12 years, yet vaccine coverage remains low.

"Love is all you need" A content analysis of romantic love and sex in Chinese entertainment television.

A large sample of entertainment television programs that aired on 28 channels in China in 2004 were analyzed for romantic and sexual content. Romantic scenes, typically portraying men and women already in committed relationships, appeared in 80 percent of the 196 programs analyzed. The analysis suggested that, according to Chinese television in the early part of the 21 Century, emotional love was more important than physical sexual interaction in romantic relationships.