Krakow Melinda, Rogers Brian
a Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program National Cancer Institute.
b Department of Communication University of Utah.
Health Commun. 2016 Sep;31(9):1081-8. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1038773. Epub 2016 Jan 22.
In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially expanded approval of the Gardasil vaccine to include human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for boys and men, and in 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a formal recommendation for routine vaccination for this population. Despite these efforts, HPV vaccination rates for boys and men continue to fall short of public health targets. While news was breaking about the benefits of the HPV vaccine for boys and men, public attention shifted as a result of political debates concerning the vaccine. This study examines a pivotal time period for public health in which the vaccine became officially recommended for boys and men and at the same time became the center of political controversies in the lead-up to the 2012 presidential campaign. The current study extends previous research and presents a content analysis of newspaper articles (N = 154) about the HPV vaccine for the year 2011. Results indicate that the lack of comprehensive coverage of HPV and the HPV vaccine found in previous studies continued in this year. Results shed light on key political events that may have functioned to overshadow the recommendation of the HPV vaccine for boys and men. The implications of this pattern of news coverage can inform public health efforts to address low rates of HPV vaccination uptake among boys and men in present day.
2009年，美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）正式扩大了加德西疫苗的批准范围，将针对男孩和男性的人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗接种纳入其中。2011年，疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）发布了针对该人群进行常规疫苗接种的正式建议。尽管做出了这些努力，但男孩和男性的HPV疫苗接种率仍未达到公共卫生目标。当有关HPV疫苗对男孩和男性益处的新闻不断传出时，由于关于该疫苗的政治辩论，公众的注意力发生了转移。本研究考察了一个对公共卫生至关重要的时期，在此期间，该疫苗正式被推荐用于男孩和男性，同时在2012年总统大选前夕成为政治争议的焦点。当前的研究扩展了先前的研究，并对2011年关于HPV疫苗的报纸文章（N = 154）进行了内容分析。结果表明，先前研究中发现的对HPV和HPV疫苗缺乏全面报道的情况在这一年仍在持续。研究结果揭示了一些关键政治事件，这些事件可能起到了掩盖针对男孩和男性推荐HPV疫苗的作用。这种新闻报道模式的影响可以为当今解决男孩和男性HPV疫苗接种率低的公共卫生努力提供参考。
