January is Cervical Health Awareness Month
Governor Tony Evers has proclaimed January 2023 as Cervical Health Awareness Month. To commemorate the month, the Wisconsin Immunization and Well Woman Programs at DHS have teamed up to promote tools that prevent cervical cancers. Want to help? Continue reading for tools that you can use and share to prevent cervical cancers.
The HPV vaccine for boys and girls aged 11-12
The best way to protect pre-teens from future cervical-cancers is to give them the HPV vaccine at ages 11 and 12. To promote the vaccine, feel free to use our HPV vaccine videos and plain language fact sheet available in English, Spanish, and Hmong in your offices and social media.
Health care providers can check out the #HowIRecommend video series which is organized by question type. You can also look at the Wisconsin Public Health Data Tracker to see how vaccine rates look in your area.
Families that are concerned about the cost of vaccines can visit the WI Vaccines for Children (VFC) website to find out if they are eligible or find a provider near them.
Cervical cancer screenings for women
We are asking our partners to share our video about the WI Well Woman program and share the program’s website where patients can find out if they are eligible and where they can enroll.
Many cervical cancer screening sites across Wisconsin are co-located with VFC vaccinators. We encourage co-located programs to collaborate on messaging. Many of the women who are receiving cancer screenings are the moms, grandmas, aunties, and godmothers of teens and pre-teens. Let women know there is a vaccine that can protect the pre-teens and teens in their life from HPV-related cancers.
Please be on the lookout for additional resources from the Immunization and Well Woman programs in the upcoming weeks.
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