Professional Resources

Resources for Health Professionals

• 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines - New treatment recommendations for genital warts (December 16, 2010)
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection
  • Genital Warts
  • Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Who Attend STD Clinics or Have a History of STDs
• Counseling Messages
  • Cervical Cancer Screening with the HPV Test and the Pap Test in Women Ages 30 and Older [1.8 MB PDF]
  • What Patients Should Know When They Are Diagnosed with Genital Warts  *
  • What Women Should Know Before They Get a Pap and HPV Test  *
  • What Women with a Positive HPV Test Result Should Know  *
  * This content is currently under revision. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Genital HPV - Infection: Fact Sheet (en español) and the HPV Vaccine Questions & Answers Page


• HPV Vaccine Information for Clinicians - Fact sheet
• HPV Vaccine Now Recommended for Boys and Young Men - CDC Expert Commentary featuring Eileen F. Dunne, MD, MPH
• Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians - Includes HPV web-based educational module from CDC.
• STD Case Series - Continuing education for practitioners in primary health care, family medicine, emergency medicine and other specialties who provide care to persons with or at risk for sexually transmitted disease (published by the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers).  Includes HPV case.
• Condoms and STDs: Fact Sheet for Public Health Personnel

Resources for Educators

• HPV Creative Material Testing - Report presenting the results of testing HPV messages and materials with 15 focus groups in February 2005,  Includes brochures/posters in English and Spanish.
• Health Communication Materials - Several qualitative research reports evaluating HPV-related communication materials for the general public and health care providers.
• Ready to Use STD Curriculum - Curriculum modules for clinical educators on seven different STD topics, including HPV from CDC.
• Lower Genital Tract Disease Series - Six online CME courses on HPV, cervical cancer screening and management, and patient barriers to screening and follow-up from ASCCP.
  

Data and Statistics

• HPV-Associated Cancer Statistics
• STD Surveillance 2010 - Human Papillomavirus (November 17, 2011)
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) — Prevalence of high-risk and low-risk types among females 14 to 59 years of age reported from a national survey, 2003–2006 (Figure 49)
  • STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)—Genital Warts—Prevalence Among Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinic Patients by Sex, Sex of Partners, and Site, 2010 (Figure 51)
  • Genital Warts - Initial visits to physicians' offices: United States, 1966–2010
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Archive of HPV-Related Materials

• QuickStats: Prevalence of HPV Infection Among Sexually Active Females Aged 14--59 Years, by Age Group --- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2003--2004  MMWR August 24, 2007
• STD-Prevention Counseling Practices and Human Papillomavirus Opinions Among Clinicians with Adolescent Patients --- United States, 2004 - MMWR October 20, 2006
• More Archived HPV-Related Reports, Data & Statistics, and Presentations