We are proud to be an independent, physician-owned practice, which allows us the freedom to focus only on what is best for your child. At Winston-Salem Pediatrics, our primary goal is to provide quality care for your children and ensure their good health from infancy through adolescence.
Our practice incorporates a partner-like relationship between the provider, parent, and patient to obtain our goal of providing the highest quality of care. This partnership helps us to make certain your child receives comprehensive preventative health care and that parents understand the development processes that are part of growing up for your son or daughter.
It is to provide adequate and meaningful communication and evidence based health care. We have responsibilities to our patients and we ask the patient to assume responsibilities as being a member of the Winston-Salem Pediatrics Medical Home. Looking for a Medical Home? Click Here for More Information. As a parent, you may have questions about vaccines for your preteen.
Below are frequently asked questions and answers you need from the American Academy of Pediatrics AAP to be confident about your decision to vaccinate. The HPV vaccine is more effective if given sooner rather than later. This is partly because pre-teens produce more antibody after HPV vaccination than older teens do. This is why younger adolescents need fewer HPV vaccine doses than older teens need to get the same protection.
For teens who start the series before their 15th birthday, the HPV vaccine is now approved as a 2-dose series. The doses should be given 6 to 12 months apart. If the vaccine is started at age 15 or later, a 3-dose series of HPV vaccine is given over a six-month period for adequate protection.
