Word: behavior
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...Family Research Council. The vaccine was never a high-priority issue, he insists; what concerns were raised were a little more nuanced. "The issue that has been discussed quite a bit, and where our position has been exaggerated, is whether it would have an impact on sexual behavior. It's not illogical to think that if you reduce the risk of one behavior people might be more likely to engage in it. That's not something we ever asserted was going to be case with this vaccine - only that it was a question that at least needs to be raised...
...conservative groups met with representatives from Merck, the vaccine manufacturer, which among other things presented evidence at the CDC hearings that there was no data linking access to the vaccine with increases in sexual behavior. "We did what we ordinarily do when we are prepared to launch a vaccine," says Merck spokesperson Kelley Dougherty. "We met with physicians, consumer groups and in this case faith-based organizations, to talk about what the disease looks like, what the vaccine does; it was part of a broad communications strategy." Merck also launched an ad campaign, "Tell Someone," that aims to teach viewers...
...conservatives, this comes down to a question of parental rights. Unlike diseases for which there are required immunizations, explains Klepacki, "this is a disease you don't catch by sneezing or coughing. It's linked to a behavior. You don't contract HPV by sitting in a classroom. So this is a different issue." Parents need to make an informed decision; her group's website includes the pros and cons of vaccination and has links to the CDC and the American Cancer Society. "You may want to vaccinate a child just in case," she says. "We see the extremely positive...
...certain way, vaccination could be a teaching opportunity. "If health care providers use this as an opportunity to talk to young people about sexual health, with the parents' permission, and explain the full range of risks posed by having non-monogamous relationships, it could have positive impact on adolescent behavior...
...Even if, as they got older, girls did understand somehow what the vaccine was protecting them against, surely the messages parents send to them every day and over the years - about respect, responsibility, judgment and the boundaries of appropriate sexual behavior - count for more than the implicit suggestion of a single vaccine. MSNBC did an online poll asking: If you have a daughter under age 15, would you have her get the cervical cancer vaccine? Of more than 8000 responses, 80% said yes, while 5.4% said, "No. She's too young to worry about sexually transmitted diseases...