Correction to This Article
A "Numbers Game" graphic in the Nov. 28 Health section incorrectly attributed research on awareness of the human papillomavirus. The research was conducted by the Center for Excellence in Cancer Communication Research at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Also, it was recently presented to the American Association for Cancer Research, but it was not conducted for that group.
A "Numbers Game" graphic in the Nov. 28 Health section incorrectly attributed research on awareness of the human papillomavirus. The research was conducted by the Center for Excellence in Cancer Communication Research at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Also, it was recently presented to the American Association for Cancer Research, but it was not conducted for that group.
The Numbers Game
The Numbers Game
Tuesday, November 28, 2006; Page HE03
56 In a survey of 635 adults, percentage who had ever heard about the human papillomavirus (HPV)
42 Percentage who
had heard about a safe new
vaccine for HPV
20 Percentage who had ever talked to a health care
provider about the common virus, which is sexually transmitted and usually harmless but can cause cancer in women
Source: a nationally representative survey of 635 adults -- 49 percent of them women -- conducted for the American Association for Cancer Research. The survey was conducted after the FDA this summer approved the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which is recommended for girls and women ages 9 to 26.
