The purpose of the Gardasil study is to increase the rates of Gardasil vaccination at a maternal fetal Care Center. This will be done by reminding patients via text to come for follow up vaccine appointments.
Patients will be screened in center for history of Gardasil vaccination. If the patient has not received the vaccination series they will be counseled/educated (standard of care \[SOC }) and offered the vaccine series. If the patient agrees to the vaccination, they will then be offered participation in this study, (consent will be reviewed and signed) and they will receive the first vaccination at this visit, administered according to standard protocol. The patient will then be scheduled for two follow up vaccination appointments. The second vaccination will be given 2 months after the first vaccine and the third will be given 4 months after the second vaccination in accordance with the Gardasil vaccine guidelines. -SOC The patients will receive a total of two texts during the study entirety. The two texts will be appointment reminders for the second and third vaccination, sent 1 week prior to the next appointment. This is study related. Data collection Data will be collected using a data collection sheet. The investigators will record date of first vaccine administration and adherence to follow up.vaccinations.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
The purpose of the Gardasil study is to increase the rates of Gardasil vaccination in the Maternal Fetal Care Center. This will be done by reminding patients via text to come for their follow up vaccine appointments.
St. Mary's Health Center
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Increase HPV-9 vaccine administration rates
The text reminder messages will increase HPV-9 vaccine administration rates
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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