A Pilot Study Comparing the Effectiveness of On-site Campus Interventions to Increase the Uptake of the HPV Three-shot Series Vaccine Among College Aged Men: A 2 X 2 Repeated Design
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Terminated
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
- Enrollment
- 24
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants With 1st Uptake Shots
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This is a study testing what type of message and access influences a young male to get the HPV vaccine.
The investigators are conducting a 2 X 2 design
These conditions are:
- Condition 1: Altruistic personal with direct recommendation inside-dorm
- Condition 2: Generic message with inside-dorm
- Condition 3: Generic message with outside-dorm HPV vaccine
- Condition 4: Altruistic personal with outside-dorm HPV vaccine
The objectives of this study are:
A. To examine the efficacy in encouraging young men to receive HPV shots at Time 1 within each of the four intervention conditions (altruistic/personal with direct recommendation vs. generic message) X (in-dorm vs. outside-dorm HPV vaccine).
B. To examine the efficacy in encouraging young men to receive HPV shots at Times 2 & 3 within each of the four intervention conditions (altruistic/personal with direct recommendation vs. generic message) X (in-dorm vs. outside-dorm HPV vaccine).
2.1.1 List the clinical hypotheses. Objective A H A.1: At Time 1, college men who have immediate access to the HPV vaccination will take the vaccination at a higher rate than those who do not have immediate access to the vaccine.
H A.2: At Time 1, college men who receive an altruistic/personal health message along with immediate access to the HPV vaccine will take the HPV vaccination at a higher rate than the men in the other three arms of the study.
Objective B H B.1: At Times 2 & 3, college men who have immediate access to the HPV vaccination will take the vaccination at a higher rate than those who do not have immediate access to the vaccine.
H B.2: At Times 2 & 3, college men who receive an altruistic/personal health message along with immediate access to the HPV vaccine will take the HPV vaccination at a higher rate than the men in the other three arms of the study.
Detailed Description
The investigators will conduct an intervention on the Purdue campus targeting men-only dorm wings (living areas). Eight (8) dorm wings will be selected in advance.
Dorm wings will be randomly assigned to one of four intervention arms: (1) educational message with altruistic/personal health benefits emphasized along with a direct recommendation to get the vaccine along with immediate access to the vaccine with the dormitory (altruistic/personal benefit message with recommendation + in-dorm vaccine), (2) educational message with altruistic/personal health benefits emphasized along with information on where to go to get the vaccine (altruistic/personal benefit message with recommendation + outside-dorm vaccine) and (3) generic informational message about the HPV vaccine and immediate access to the vaccine in the dormitory (generic + on-site vaccine), (4) generic informational message with information on where to go to get the vaccine (generic + outside-dorm vaccine).
Phase 1 (Initial vaccine dose #1):
Recruitment of all four intervention arms will be occur at the same time during the dorm wing's first mandatory meetings for residents. These mandatory meetings occur throughout the campus. Fifty-two (52) residents live on each dorm wing and the first mandatory dorm meeting attendance is typically between 75-90% of all residents within the wing (between 47 and 52 men).
At the end of the mandatory wing meeting, a male research assistant will provide a brief presentation to the young men that describe the HPV vaccine (either altruistic/personal benefit message with recommendation or a generic message).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 21 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Must be young men between 18 to 21 years old
- •live in one of the dorm floors in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Under 17 years old
- •over 21 years old
- •young men that live outside the pre-identified dorm halls
- •Also any young man with a moderate to severe illness will be excluded.
- •anyone with a life threatening allergic reaction to components to the HPV vaccine
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants With 1st Uptake Shots
Time Frame: Up to 12 months
Number of Participants with the 1st Uptake Shots
Number of Participants With 1st Uptake Shot
Time Frame: 6 months
The Number of Participants with 1st Uptake Shot
Secondary Outcomes
- Number of Participants With Second Uptake Shot(6 months)
- Number of Participants With 3rd Uptake Shots(6 months)
Investigators
Stewart Chang Alexander
Associate Professor
Purdue University