“Now I Belong Here” with Stacey Carter
What happens when preventive care is available, but people don't trust it? That's the question driving Stacey Carter, PhD candidate in nursing science, whose research examines HPV vaccine hesitancy, health communication, and the gap between the educational materials parents receive and what they actually find useful. Drawing on her background as a nurse practitioner, Stacey discusses what she's learned about vaccine hesitancy through the process of sitting down and listening to concerned parents. She details her partnership with the American Cancer Society's HPV Roundtable to build an adaptable toolkit for Girl Scout troops to empower adolescents as community health leaders. She also reflects on mentorship, the Vanderbilt resources that shaped her work, and balancing a PhD with clinical practice and parenthood.
