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HPV Vaccine Confident Families

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Human Papillomavirus Vaccines
Interventions
Behavioral: Tailored messages
Behavioral: Standard messages
Registration Number
NCT06002282
Lead Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70
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
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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
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Tailored MessagingTailored messagesTailored messages based on parents' HPV vaccine hesitancy and perceived barriers to vaccination.
Standard MessagingStandard messagesStandard (untailored) messages about HPV vaccination reminder/recall.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feasibility - Intervention DeliveryTwo weeks after intervention begins

ratio of parents receiving HPV message to the number enrolled

Feasibility - RecruitmentAfter enrollment completion, 6 months

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

Feasibility - RetentionPost intervention completion, 1 year

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

Feasibility - Intervention responseTwo weeks after intervention completion

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

Feasibility - Intervention utilityTwo weeks after intervention completion

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

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Vaccine IntentionImmediately post-intervention (6 months)

Parent reported intention to vaccinate adolescent in next 6 months

Vaccine ConfidenceImmediately post-intervention (6 months)

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)

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