Answering Parents’ Questions: Why does my child need to get vaccinated against HPV at a young age?

[Music] how are you both doing today we're doing good pretty good today you're due for the HPV vaccine Christopher this vaccine helps prevent cancer I thought that that was for teenagers or kids going off to college I mean Christopher is young I don't think he needs that right now I mean look at this face he's still just a baby mom I'm not a baby anymore I can handle it this is the routine recommended age for HPV vaccination getting the HPV vaccine is the best protection against HPV infections that can turn into cancer in fact HPV vaccine can prevent over 90% of the cancers caused by HPV from ever developing why at this age think of it this way it's not too early to discuss cancer prevention just like we talk to every single kid in our office about danger of smoking before they even think about it HPV vaccination now protects them from the risk of getting cancer in the future HPV vaccine protects kids before they ever get exposed to the virus or before an infection can ever become a cancer [Music]