Usability of HPV Vaccine Reminders

University of Florida

Status: Completed

Conditions: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interview; Behavioral: Text Message; Behavioral: PostCard; Behavioral: Standard of Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03987490

IRB201500997

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will assess the usefulness of parent-targeted strategies in improving care seeking among parents of 11-12 year old adolescents. Specifically, the study team will focus on reminders (postcard or text message) and motivational interviewing to improve adolescent vaccination.

Full description

Despite the impressive cancer preventing potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, HPV vaccine coverage rates in the United States remain substantially lower than other vaccines and Healthy People 2020 targets. HPV vaccine initiation can be improved through targeted reminders that motivate parents. Our long-term goal is to maximize HPV vaccination rates among girls and boys within the United States using efficient and sustainable strategies. The objective of this protocol is to evaluate the usefulness of a tiered strategy of a parent-targeted strategies in improving care seeking and receptiveness to vaccine recommendations. Strategies include HPV vaccine reminders via postcard or text message and phone-based Motivational Interview sessions. The central hypothesis is addressing key health beliefs (e.g., perceived benefits and barriers) will increase parental acceptance and, thus, HPV vaccine initiation.

Enrollment: 325 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of 11-12 year olds who attend the Schiebler CMS clinic at University of Florida in the previous year

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to meet inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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325 participants in 2 patient groups

Parents of Girls

Experimental group

Description:

Parents of 11-to-12-year-old girls who did not have records of the HPV vaccine in the EHR or Medicaid claims.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of Care

Behavioral: Text Message

Behavioral: Motivational Interview

Parents of Boys

Experimental group

Description:

Parents of 11-to-12-year-old girls who did not have records of the HPV vaccine in the EHR or Medicaid claims.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of Care

Behavioral: Text Message

Behavioral: Motivational Interview

Behavioral: PostCard