Community and Physician Perspectives Regarding Male Youth Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Disease and Vaccination

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attitude of Health Personnel; Health Behavior; Papillomavirus Infections; Human Papilloma Virus, Male

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02897232

STUDY00000618

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a minimal risk, anonymous, convenience sample, social behavioral study using qualitative descriptive survey methods. It is to ascertain community member, physician, resident and medical student perspectives regarding Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, associated diseases and to identify barriers which prevent these groups from ensuring that males 9-26 receive the three-shot vaccine series to prevent HPV infection.

The research is focused on these questions:

Do community members understand the ease of transmission of the HPV virus in males 9-26? Do community members, physicians, residents and medical students have knowledge of the associated diseases that may occur with the HPV virus infection in males age 9-26? Do community members, physicians, residents and medical students know the ages in which males should receive the HPV vaccine three-shot series? What barriers prevent community members and physicians, residents and medical students from ensuring that males 9-26 receive the three-shot vaccine series to prevent HPV infection?

Full description

This is a minimal risk, anonymous, convenience sample, social behavioral study using qualitative descriptive survey methods. It is to ascertain community member, physician, resident and medical student perspectives regarding Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, associated diseases and to identify barriers which prevent these groups from ensuring that males 9-26 receive the three-shot vaccine series to prevent HPV infection.

The research is focused on these questions:

Do community members understand the ease of transmission of the HPV virus in males 9-26? Do community members, physicians, residents and medical students have knowledge of the associated diseases that may occur with the HPV virus infection in males age 9-26? Do community members, physicians, residents and medical students know the ages in which males should receive the HPV vaccine three-shot series? What barriers prevent community members and physicians, residents and medical students from ensuring that males 9-26 receive the three-shot vaccine series to prevent HPV infection?

Enrollment: 386 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Community Participants

Inclusion

All visitors to the Pediatric or Internal Medicine University Health Shreveport Clinics willing to complete a survey

Community Study Exclusion

Those do not wish to participate in the study

Those who English is not their first language

Clinical Faculty, Resident, and Medical Student Study

Inclusion

All Louisiana State University Shreveport Health Clinical Faculty, Resident, and Medical Student Inclusion willing to to complete the online survey.

Clinical Faculty, Resident, and Medical Student Study

Exclusion

Any LSU Health Shreveport Clinical Faculty, Resident, and Medical Student which declines to take the survey or do not attempt to complete it.

Trial design

386 participants in 2 patient groups

Community Group Survey

Description:

Community members coming into the University Health Shreveport Ambulatory Care Facility.

Treatment:

Other: Survey

Physician Group Survey

Description:

Physicians affiliated with LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine

Treatment:

Other: Survey