Janet Is at a Parent Meeting Where Parents Are Debating

question 41

Multiple Choice

Janet is at a parent meeting where parents are debating whether or not they should allow their children to get the HPV vaccine.Janet's daughter is in the fourth grade.She is worried that giving her child the vaccine means that she condones sex.Tell her why the vaccine is given to children between the ages of nine and twelve.

• A) Most children are engaging in sexual activities and the vaccine may cure HPV infections.
• B) Public health professionals are unsure about its effectiveness so they give it to children.
• C) Most children have not already been exposed to genital HPV so the vaccine is more effective for this group.
• D) The immune system of a child is more robust than that of an adult.

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