Exploring the Link Between HPV & Cervical Cancer

Online Training Module

Training format: Audio presentation
Duration: 60 minutes

Sponsored by the California Family Health Council, Inc.

• Program Objectives
• Audience
• Trainer
• Software Requirements
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HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the US. Over half of sexually active men and women have some form of this virus. Most HPV infections will go away on their own. However, some HPV infections can lead to cervical cancer in women and others can cause genital warts in men and women.

Learn about HPV, its link to cervical cancer and ways that you can screen, treat and help your clients prevent HPV.

This online training module is a recording of an audioconference originally conducted via telephone on November 14, 2006 for healthcare professionals.

Program Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the epidemiology of HPV: risk factors for HPV infection and modes of transmission.
• Describe the immune response to HPV and the link to cervical cancer.
• Identify current screening guidelines for cervical cancer.
• Discuss recent recommendations for HPV vaccination by the CDC Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.

Audience

Reproductive health, family practice, pediatrics and primary care providers, and other interested health educators and healthcare professionals.

Trainer

Heidi Bauer, MD, MS, MPH, Chief of the Office of Medical and Scientific Affairs for the STD Control Branch of the California Department Of Health Services.

Software Requirements

You will need Microsoft Office PowerPoint in order to view the slides, and Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the PDF files.

You will also need a program capable of playing MP3 files, like Windows Media Player or iTunes. If you have questions, your clinic's IT department should be able to help you out.

Download

Right-click on the links below and choose "Save As" or "Save File As," then choose a place on your computer to save the files.

If you have a program to open Zip files, you can download all the files at once in the "HPV Training Zip File," then extract the files to your computer.

• HPV Training Zip File (15MB, includes PowerPoint presentation, MP3 Audio file of the lecture, Pre & Post Test, and Evaluation)

Otherwise, save the presentation, lecture, and training materials to your computer individually.

• HPV PowerPoint Presentation (1.8MB)
• HPV Lecture in MP3 format (14MB)
• HPV Training Materials (PDF, 42K, includes Pre & Post Test, and Evaluation)