New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Risky Behavior
by Chrissie Nims on Dec 13th, 2011
Over the past five years, the HPV vaccine has stirred immense controversy regarding its effect on sexual promiscuity in young females. Medical News Today highlighted a recent study by The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, showing that the human papillomavirus vaccines do not increase sexually risky behavior in women. Reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers failed to find a link between sexual activity and vaccinated women.
After the approval of the vaccine in 2006, contention and concern regarding reckless behavior prompted the study. Information was received as part of the National Survey of Family Growth, which interviewed 1,200 women between the ages of 15 and 24.
Lead study author Nicole C. Liddon, Ph.D. said, “It was clear that we needed to determine whether a relationship existed between being vaccinated against a sexually-transmitted disease and sexual behavior.”
The study indicated a gap between insured and uninsured women receiving the HPV vaccine.
What are your thoughts on the controversial HPV vaccine?
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