HPV Public Service Announcements

The more people know about HPV, the more they'll want to vaccinate themselves and their kids... but you can't hammer them over the heads with a bunch of scientific studies. Here are a few attempts at producing public announcements to raise awareness of the issue and encourage vaccination.

Government Info

nih: medlineplus: HPV (lots of links!)
cdc: HPV Creative Material Testing Report -- results of testing HPV messages and materials with 15 focus groups in 2005
cdc: current brochures and videos
HPV: Treating Cancer Caused by Viruses Science Bulletin from American Museum of Natural History
ncirs (Australia): FAQ (covers most of the issues very nicely)

Videos for girls/women by countries with free HPV vaccination programs

Australia: Just a Minute - Cervical Cancer video - 7 minute video by the West Australia Cancer Council. Starts off with a warning saying it may not be suitable for all audiences.
Canada: Access HPV - educational video for 6th and 9th grade girls in British Columbia
England: 21 seconds spot - "Let's all arm against cervical cancer" - hundreds of girls link arms
England: 53 second spot from NHS Leeds about HPV vaccination, ends asking you to call your doctor or the national health service office for more info.
Malasia: 32 second spot - "Don't let your dreams of a happy family slip away"
Scotland: 28 second spot
United States: 1-2-3 Pap - 13 minute video by University of Kentucky that was found to double completion rate

PSAs by nonprofits

Voices for Vaccines - by the founders of the blog Moms Who Vax
Should You Get the HPV Vaccine? - 8 minute animated whiteboard talk by Dr. Mike Evans and the Campaign to Control Cancer. Pleasant, informative, suitable for all ages. (Oct 2012)
Word On HPV - 4 minute animated short story. Appropriate for all ages. Very cute. (Also on youtube.)
National Cervical Cancer Coalition PSA - 61 second PSA. Ends with "Get the vaccine. Get your pap test. Get involved. www.NCCC-Online.org"
Cervical Cancer Vaccine PSA - 31 second video by The Society for Women's Health Research. Starts off looking like an R-rated movie preview. Ends with "If you're over 18, there's still time to find out about the vaccine that gives cancer the rating it truly deserves."
Cervical Cancer and the HPV Vaccine by pkids.org

PSAs by individuals

HPVandMe - Journalist Pamela Tom started HPV And Me after her husband came down with HPV-caused throat cancer.
Cervical Cancer - Protect Yourself - 2:11 video PSA with music "Keep Holding On", and facts about HPV presented as subtitles.
Kirk Forbes, father of cervical cancer victim Kirsten Forbes. He also wrote the book "Love, Kristen", and started the Kirsten Forbes EVE Foundation.
Spread Awareness, not HPV - a 93 second video PSA done for an English class. Call to action is "Talk with your doctor about HPV and its vaccination."
How much do you really know about HPV?, a 96 second video PSA done for a class project. Consists of about a dozen facts from the CDC. Call to action is "If this sounds serious, it's because it is. Be proactive. Educate yourself."
Group L - HPV PSA - an animated spot generated using youtube's Xtranormal text-to-movie generator.

Commercials sponsored by medical industry

Gardasil commercial - 51 seconds. Ends with "One less. Gardasil. Ask your doctor."
HPV Stories one PSA with 9 survivors of cervical cancer, ending with "That's why important for women to talk with their doctor about HPV and cervical cancer". Also one video for each of the 9 women. By thegcf.org and Merck.
Change the Story of Cervical Cancer - 2:26. From theHPVtest.com. Ends with "Under 30: get a pap. Over 30: get a pap and an HPV test."

Microsites about HPV run by nonprofits

KaiserEdu.org's resources on HPV vaccine and cancer (kaiseredu.org has been retired, so this is a copy on archive.org)
prevent-hpv.com - part of the Vaccine Education Center (VEC) at Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP)
Tune In HPV - stories about HPV.
STD Clinic Singapore's HPV Vaccine page - "HPV Vaccine definitions, references, and latest news."
The HPV Vaccine Project - a project of the South Central North Carolina Partnership for Public Health

Organizations dedicated to fighting HPV and its cancers

National Cervical Cancer Coalition
Eyes on the Prize - online support group for gynecologic cancer survivors
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust
Women's Cancer Network
The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation - New York
Tamika & Friends (supported by a grant from Qiagen, the company that makes the HPV tests used in the US)
The HPV Support Network
The Oral Cancer Foundation