Educate and Improve Underserved Populations' Uptake and Completion of the HPV Vaccine
Start Date
8/28/2020
Completion Date
2/1/2028
Summary
The educational intervention to be delivered by the PN(Patient Navigator) consists of "toolkit education materials" developed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a small media intervention (i.e., video) that our research team has developed. The NCI-produced toolkit education materials consist of Power Point presentations, flyers, and posters that contain information about HPV(Human Papilloma Virus), HPV-related cancers, and the importance of the HPV vaccine series for adolescents (9-17 years old) and young adults (18-26 year old) who are eligible for the vaccine.
Detailed Description
The investigator will use a one-group post-test design to assess the effects of the intervention on the primary outcomes. The educational intervention will be delivered to 400 participants by a trained CHE who will deliver the educational materials to eligible DHHA patients. The CHE will administer the post-education survey at baseline to participants. Additionally, we will use a one-group post-test design to assess the impact of the intervention on the secondary outcomes. At the patient-level, we will track participants that receive (a) 1st dose, 2nd dose, or 3rd dose of the HPV vaccine; and the number of referrals to care by recording the number of patients received (b) referrals to health insurance, discount, or no-cost HPV vaccine programs; or (c) to other services to facilitate HPV vaccine dose completion. To assess clinic-level impact, we will track each clinic's HPV vaccine rates for adolescents (9-17 years old) and young adults (18-26) and compare rates from before we start the intervention and then quarterly there after we have introduced the intervention to each respective Denver Health clinic.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Interventions
HPV Educational Intervention
Conditions
Locations
University of Colorado Hospital
Denver, Colorado 80237
United States