HPV VACCINATION – MAKING YOUR MIND UP. WHAT ARE VACCINATIONS? Vaccinations: Help prevent us catching an infection Prepare our immune system so our bodies.

HPV VACCINATION – MAKING YOUR

MIND UP

WHAT ARE VACCINATIONS?

Vaccinations:• Help prevent us catching an infection

• Prepare our immune system so our bodies recognise the infection and fight it next time we come into contact with it

• Can be made of a weak or altered version of an infection. So our immune system will still recognise it in the future, but the vaccine can’t cause the disease itself

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

Susie says she doesn’t know anything about the vaccination, she’s having it because her mum

said she had to

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

Jen says she doesn’t want to have the vaccination because

she is scared it will hurt

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

Marvin says he doesn’t think his twin sister should have the

vaccination because she isn’t old enough to have sex yet

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

Liam says it makes no difference to him, he doesn’t care whether the girls have it

or not

Susie She doesn’t know anything about the vaccination, she’s

having it because her mum said she had to

Jen She doesn’t want to have the vaccination because she is scared it

will hurt

Marvin He doesn’t think his twin sister should have the vaccination because she

isn’t old enough to have sex yet

Liam It makes no difference to him, he doesn’t care whether the girls have it

or not

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?