HPV & Cervical Cancer Resource Guide

This resource guide was compiled by the Cervical Cancer Subcommittee of the Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey to provide information and resources about HPV and cervical cancer to healthcare providers, patients and the community.

Patients, Family and Friends

Booklets
National Cancer Institute

• Cervical Cancer:  What Vietnamese Women Should Know / Benh Ung Thu Co Tu Cung:  Nhung Dieu Phu Nu Viet Nam Can Biet [in Vietnamese]
  
  
• Cervical Cancer:  What You Can Do to Protect Yourself [en español] – For Hispanic / Latina Women
  
  
• Understanding Cervical Changes:  A Health Guide for Women
  
  
• What You Need to Know about Cancer of the Cervix [en español]

Brochures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• HPV Common Infection. Common Reality^TM - Series of materials to help individuals and health care providers understand HPV, its prevention, and its consequences (English and Spanish)
  
  
• Making Sense of Your Pap & HPV Test Results

New Jersey Department of Health

• HPV / Cervical Cancer – Questions and Answers about Risk and Prevention for Girls and Women

Fact Sheets
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet – Inside Knowledge Campaign
  
  
• Common Questions about HPV and Cervical Cancer for Women Who Have HPV
  
  
• Genital HPV Infection Fact Sheet  [en español]
  
  
• HPV Vaccine – Questions & Answers

Children’s Hospital Boston, The Center for Young Women’s Health

• Abnormal Pap Test:  Guide for Teens
  
  
• HPV Vaccine:  Guide for Teens [en español]
  
  
• HPV Vaccine:  Parents Guide [en español]
  
  
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) [en español]

National Cancer Institute

• Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer:  Questions and Answers [en español]
  
  
• Human Papillomavirus Vaccines:  Questions and Answers [en español]

New Jersey Department of Health

• HPV Vaccine – Questions and Answers for Parents

Prevent Cancer Foundation

• Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet [pdf] [en español]

Websites
American Cancer Society

• Cervical Cancer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• HPV Vaccination – What You Should Know About the Disease, Vaccine Information, Vaccine Safety, and Who Should Not Be Vaccinated
  
  
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Topics

National Cancer Institute

• Cervical Cancer Home Page
  
  

Healthcare Providers

Brochures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• HPV Common Infection. Common Reality^TM – Series of materials to help individuals and health care providers understand HPV, its prevention, and its consequences (in English and Spanish)

Fact Sheets
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• HPV Vaccine Information Sheet – Gardasil – 03/30/10 [other languages]
  
  
• HPV Vaccine Information Sheet – Cervarix – 03/30/10 [other languages]

Children’s Hospital Boston - The Center for Young Women’s Health

• HPV Vaccine:  Guide for Nurses

Interventions
Guide to Community Preventive Services

• Evidence Based Strategies for Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening: Client-oriented Interventions / Provider-oriented Interventions

Journal Articles
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbitity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

• FDA Licensure of Bivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV2, Cervarix) for Use in Females and Updated HPV Vaccination Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) – 05/28/10
  
  
• FDA Licensure of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV4, Gardasil) for Use in Males and Guidance from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - 05/28/10

Chicago Journals - The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Multiple Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• HPV Resources for Health Professionals – Screening and treatment guidelines, counseling messages, self-study STD modules, resources for educators and data & statistics
  
  
• HPV Vaccination  – Clinical information, vaccine recommendations, references and resources, provider education and materials for patients

Public Service Announcement
Prevent Cancer Foundation

• Pap Test / HPV Vaccine PSA Flyer [en español]
  
  

Safety of Vaccine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• HPV Vaccine Safety

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Food and Drug Administration

• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
  
  

State Resources
New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection – Free cervical cancer screenings for low income, uninsured and underinsured residents

New Jersey Centers for Primary Health Care – Provide health care to uninsured and underinsured residents, as well as those with Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance

New Jersey Department of Health, Family Planning Program – Clinics offer education, counseling and medical services that help couples plan their families, and promote the overall health of families.

National Resources

• American Cancer Society
• The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
• American Social Health Association
• CancerCare
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Eyes on the Prize
• Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
• National Cancer Institute
• National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• National HPV & Cervical Cancer Public Education Campaign
• Oncolink
  
• Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health
• The Witness Project of Harlem
• Women’s Cancer Network
  

Education / Outreach and Mass Media Campaigns for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer

• CDC Pre-Teen Vaccine Campaign Public Service Announcements  - Digital Newsroom
• Cervical Cancer Prevention Contest – Utah Cancer Control Program
• Education Materials Archive – The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• End Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime PSA – Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin
• Evidence Based Strategies for Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening: Client-oriented Interventions / Provider-oriented Interventions – Guide to Community Preventive Services
• Materials for the Media – FDA Press Releases
• Pre-Teen Vaccine Campaign – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Prevent Cervical Cancer – Utah Cancer Control Program
• Raise Awareness about HPV and Cervical Cancer in your Community – National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• The Quilt Project – National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• Research Tested Intervention Programs - Cervical Cancer Screening – NCI and SAMHSA
• Sorority / Fraternity Community Outreach Toolkits – National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• Team-Up Tennessee:  HPV Toolkit – University of Tennessee Extension