A Study to Compare the Impact of a School Based HPV Program on Vaccination Uptake and Completion Rates

Lake Cumberland District Health Department

Status: Completed

Conditions: Human Papillomavirus

Treatments: Other: HPV Vaccine and HPV-related Health Education; Other: Reduction of barriers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01526551

LCDHD-12-HPV

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a school-based Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program to determine if the combination of increased disease and vaccine education coupled with the removal of barriers will positively impact the HPV vaccination uptake and completion rates among students.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a school-based HPV vaccination program. The intervention will consists of: provision of HPV vaccine information and consent forms for parents delivered in the back-to-school packets; school-nurse delivered student education; removal of barriers (scheduling, transportation and parental presence); changing of social norms; and the provision of free HPV vaccine.

Enrollment: 935 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must have not completed three dose series of HPV vaccine
• Must be a student at Wayne County or Monticello High School in KY

Exclusion criteria

• Completed three dose series
• Pregnant
• Contraindication to vaccine ingredients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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935 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention Schools

Experimental group

Description:

High school students attending Wayne County and Monticello Ind. schools will be given opportunity to receive HPV Vaccine and HPV-related Health Education and Reduction of barriers to being vaccinated.

Treatment:

Other: Reduction of barriers

Other: HPV Vaccine and HPV-related Health Education