HPV Vaccine Confident Families

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey70 enrolled

Overview

The objectives of the study are to pilot test a tailored intervention among Black families with adolescents. The hypotheses are that the study protocol will be feasible and messages tailored to parents' needs will increase vaccine confidence and intention to vaccinate.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Human Papillomavirus Vaccines

Interventions

Tailored messagesBEHAVIORAL

Messages will be individually tailored to parents' responses to a baseline survey (child gender, vaccination status) and real-time responses to interactive prompts about vaccine hesitancy determinants with links to additional information (e.g., CDC, NJ Department of Health) and community resources to overcome barriers.

Standard messagesBEHAVIORAL

Generic reminder/recall HPV vaccination messages.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * parent or legal guardian of at least one child aged 9-13 years who has received 0 or 1 dose of HPV vaccine; * identify as Black or African American adult; * have access to personal mobile phone and agree to send/receive MMS messages; * able to speak and understand English; and * able to provide informed consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * parent or legal guardian of child outside of participation age range or who has completed multiple doses of HPV vaccine; * does not identify as Black or African American adult; * does not have personal mobile phone; * unable to speak and understand English; * not willing to consent to participate

Locations (1)

Rutgers

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility - Recruitment

ratio of parents recruited to potential parents approached to participate in study

Time frame: After enrollment completion, 6 months

Feasibility - Retention

ratio of parents completing post-intervention surveys to the number enrolled

Time frame: Post intervention completion, 1 year

Feasibility - Intervention Delivery

ratio of parents receiving HPV message to the number enrolled

Time frame: Two weeks after intervention begins

Feasibility - Intervention response

assessment of how often participants completed hesitancy questions across the intervention period

Time frame: Two weeks after intervention completion

Feasibility - Intervention utility

Perceived ease of use, likeability, helpfulness, impact - Mobile App Rating Scale (1-inadequate, 2-poor, 3-acceptable, 4-good, and 5-excellent)

Time frame: Two weeks after intervention completion

Secondary Outcomes

Vaccine Intention

Parent reported intention to vaccinate adolescent in next 6 months

Time frame: Immediately post-intervention (6 months)

Vaccine Confidence

Parent-reported response to scale assessing benefits of vaccination, harms of vaccination, and trust in health care providers (1 - strongly disagree to 5 - strongly agree)

Time frame: Immediately post-intervention (6 months)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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