The US Constitution gives states rights to enact when public health safety becomes a concern to protect the population health (Balog, 2009; Bhattacharya, 2013). Moreover, the law gives government rights to protect minors against illness as a safeguard override parental choices (Balog, 2009). It cost the US an estimate of $4 billion dollars a year of government expenditures on HPV-related issues (Chesson, Ekwueme, Saraiya, & Markowitz, 2008). Therefore, the legal aspect raised whether the government should intrude and use their police powers to control parental …show more content…
Currently, CDC recommendation in where states are upholding as a mandate to vaccinate male’s beginning at ages eleven is in the effort to reduce gender bias (CDC, 2015). The current shift is aimed to reduce, indirectly, heterosexual transmission of female’s susceptibility to HPV (Bhattacharya, 2013). By looking a population health rather than genders specific puts accountability on the society as a whole (CDC, 2015; Bhattacharya, 2013). To uphold and remove restrictions, clinical setting enables youth to receive the vaccine at any point without the need for an annual physical examination (CDC, 2015). Those who are unable to afford the cost of the vaccine, CDC made federal provision for children in all 50 states to receive HPV vaccine (NCSL, …show more content…
Inadequate discussion to support increasing HPV awareness among parents is needed to embrace acceptance (Kabage, 2012). Thus, requires an increase of evidence-based, age-related prevention and control information as a way to channel in parents comfort to accept the legislative implementation of youth vaccination. It appears that parental resistance is more relevant to unanswered questions and concerns needed to well-planned the significant in the challenge of overcoming fear (NCSL, 2015). More, focus is to needed to provide comfort to allow parents to see HPV vaccine as a preventative (NCSL, 2015) and not merely engage in sexual activities; in the removal of parental ignorance and resistance (CDC,