People Living With HIV, Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma; HIV Infections; Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Treatments: Other: Group Meeting (Focus Group); Other: Questionnaires

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06055868

R03DE032972 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

23363

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an exploratory qualitative study among People Living With HIV (PLWH) of diverse racial/ethnic and sexual and gender minority (SGM) identities to explore individual, interpersonal, and structural oral health equity factors that serve as barriers or facilitators of accessing oral health care, knowledge and perceptions of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) /Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), and to collect recommendations on how to increase access to oral health care and engage PLWH in OSCC/OPSCC prevention.

Full description

OBJECTIVES:

1. To identify individual, interpersonal, and structural oral health equity factors (e.g., internalized stigma; enacted stigma; transportation/hours) that serve as barriers or facilitators to accessing regular and appropriate oral health care, among PLWH of intersecting racial/ethnic and SGM groups.
2. To explore knowledge and perceptions about causes, risk factors, prevention, and screening for OSCC/OPSCC and HPV vaccination and if identity group membership influences knowledge and perceptions of these issues.
3. To elicit recommendations for improving access to regular and appropriate oral health care, and suggestions on how to engage PLWH from diverse identity groups in prevention interventions.

OUTLINE:

There will be one screening and enrollment phone call and only one study visit for the Focus Group Discussions (FDGs). A short quantitative survey will be administered.

Enrollment: 144 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be 18-years old or older.
• Participants must be individuals living with HIV
• Ability to speak and understand English
• Identify as one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups
• All genders and members of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Younger than 18-years old.
• Not living with HIV.
• Not able to speak and understand English.
• Not classified as one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups.

Trial design

144 participants in 1 patient group

Qualitative Focus Group

Description:

Participants will be asked to a series of questions to help place them in a focus group with other individuals of shared identity and will also complete a short quantitative survey either emailed to the participant or the outreach worker/study coordinator will administer the survey by phone. Participants will then participate in one 1.5-2 hour, facilitated, focus group discussions (FGD).

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaires

Other: Group Meeting (Focus Group)