HPV Vaccine

Bristol, Nellie. "HPV Vaccine." CQ Researcher 17.18 (2007): 409-432.

Should it be mandatory for school girls?A new vaccine that prevents infections from a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes cervical cancer is being hailed as a major achievement in women's health. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for girls ages 11-12, and could be used by females ages 9-26. Some state lawmakers moved quickly to make inoculations mandatory for school attendance to ensure vaccine access regardless of socioeconomic status. The requirement was approved in the District of Columbia and Virginia. But reactions to an aggressive lobbying campaign by vaccine manufacturer Merck coupled with general concerns about immunization safety stalled efforts to mandate the shots in many states. Conservative groups joined the opposition, saying the vaccine would encourage inappropriate sexual activity and override parental autonomy.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Facts.com
"Vaccine Exemptions." Issues & Controversies On File. 9 Feb. 2007.

"Medicine and Health: Higher HPV Infection Rate Found." Facts On File World News Digest. 1 Mar. 2007.

Since this news brief refers to research published on JAMA in Feb., I searched EBSCOhost using the keywords "jama" AND "hpv" limited to publication dates after Feb. 2007. I got several article results.

Haug, Charlotte. "The Risks and Benefits of HPV Vaccination." JAMA. 2009;302(7):795-796. Links to introduction of editorial, which in turn links to two research articles.

(Note: Full text of JAMA articles from 1998 to present are available at CBC library on the Pasco campus through two reference computers. CBC Medical Library in the Health Sciences building at Richland keeps 3 years of JAMA in paper.)

EBSCO Search: View Results

Comments: This is a focused search with only 41 results as of today. To find more, you can simply delete the last line of keywords "mandat* or requir*", which resulted in more than 350 articles. Alternately, try combining subject searching with keywords, as SU PAPILLOMAVIRUS* and ( vaccin* or gardasil ).

ProQuest Search
(hpv or human papillomavirus* ) AND (vaccin*) AND (mandat* or requir*) Limit results to: full text

(Comments: The same search in ProQuest generated 231 results as of today. The greater number than EBSCO is due to the larger number of magazines and newspaper articles that are included in ProQuest.)

Books

Krishnan, Shobha S. The HPV vaccine controversy : sex, cancer, God, and politics : a guide for parents, women, men, and teenagers. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008. Main Collection, QR189.5 .P36K75 2008.