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Use the internet to find media reports about the HPV vaccination, selecting at least two articles to compare to each other. How is the HPV vaccination framed and discussed? Identify any differing viewpoints in the narratives reported in your chosen newspaper articles. Now, compare the reporting here to a specialist health website such as NHS or WHO.

1 Which viewpoints did you trust and why?

2 If you or a family member are making a decision about being vaccinated, how would you evaluate your risk of contracting the disease as well as any potential side effects associated with the vaccination?

3 How realistic do you think your assessments would be?

Although we have outlined separate factors that influence how public-health issues are identified and can reach the public consciousness and policy and practice agenda for action, in reality the factors all act in concert to create notions of threats to health.