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198378 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.198378 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2024-12 84 pages Hall, Kamilah Urbatsch, Dana Kok, Gordon Struver, Tyler Para, Natalie Ghetes, Celeste Key, Charis Compton, Carolyn Hurlbut, Ben Bronowitz, Jason Barrett, The Honors College Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation School of International Letters and Cultures College of Health Solutions Text This chapter examines the intricate relationship between culture, politics, religion, and HPV vaccination to guide future public health policies and educational initiatives. Interdisciplinary perspectives, along with qualitative and quantitative research methods, form the foundation of the chapter, including literature review, surveys, interviews, and media analysis. These methods provided insight into how cultural and religious beliefs that contribute to vaccine hesitancy, political narratives influence vaccination policy, and the impact of social stigma, such as that surrounding female sexuality and homosexuality, on public health decisions. Key findings include the role of increasing misinformation following the COVID-19 pandemic, the influence of social media and the development of anti-intellectualism, along with the historical and gender-based disparities in HPV vaccine promotion. The role of cultural identities, such as being religious or from a rural area, were also explored and produced valuable insight on how misinformation can develop roots in our communities. The results of these subsections all suggest that decreasing HPV related cancers through vaccination will require more than simply spreading information and educating, but will also require truly understanding, connecting with, and building trust in the communities that our healthcare system serves. Culture Politics Religion Vaccination ForkHPV: Culture, Politics, Religion vs. Vaccination