Men’s Attitudes on HPV Vaccine
June 5, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
According to a new Florida State University (FSU) study, telling men that receiving a new vaccine to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV) would help prevent their female partners from getting cervical cancer didn’t increase interest in getting the shot.
The study has interesting marketing implications as an HPV vaccine for men will likely be approved in the near future. Another important thing to note is that the study participants included only 18 to 20 year-old male college students.
“Thinking about the benefit to their own health — protection again rare genital cancers and genital warts — is all men really need to …read more




