HPV Vaccination Among Daughters of Latina Immigrants

University of Alabama at Birmingham634 enrolled

Overview

The overall goal of this study to promote HPV vaccine uptake among daughters of Latina immigrants between the ages of 9 and 12.

Objective: Implementation and examination of the efficacy of a culturally relevant, community-based HPV vaccination intervention among daughters of Latina immigrants 9-12 years of age in Alabama. Methods: Group-randomized controlled trial evaluating two interventions: 1) promotion of HPV vaccination and 2) promotion of healthy eating using "place of residence" as the unit of randomization. Between May 2013 and October 2017, forty locations with 317 mother-daughter dyads were enrolled.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

634

Conditions

Cervical Cancer Healthy Diet

Interventions

HPV VaccinationBEHAVIORAL

Mothers assigned to this arm participated in educational/behavior change sessions to promote HPV vaccination among their unvaccinated 9-12 year old daughters

Healthy EatingBEHAVIORAL

Mothers and daughters assigned to this arm received education on healthy eating and how to appropriately interpret nutrition labels

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Latina immigrant * Resident of selected randomization unit (place of residence) * 18 years of age and older * At least one HPV unvaccinated daughter between the ages of 9 and 12 Exclusion Criteria: \-

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HPV vaccination among 9-12yo daughters of Latina immigrants

Daughters of mothers assigned to the HPV vaccination arm will more likely to complete the recommended HPV doses at 7-month follow-up than daughters of mothers assigned to the healthy eating arm.

Time frame: 7 months

Healthy eating among Latina immigrants and their 9-12 yo daughters

Mothers and daughters assigned to the healthy eating arm will be more likely to eat fried food less than once per week, consume at least three portions of fruit/vegetables per day and have less than one sweetened beverage per day at 7-months than mothers and daughters assigned to the HPV vaccination arm

Time frame: 7 months

Appropriate nutrition label interpretation among Latina immigrants mothers and 9-'12yo daughters

Mothers and daughters assigned to the healthy eating arm will be more likely to read nutrition labels sometimes/always and correctly interpret nutrition labels than mothers and daughters assigned to the HPV vaccination arm

Time frame: 7 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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