An Intervention Study To Improve Human PapillomaVirus ( HPV) Immunization in Haitian and African American Girls

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Conditions studied: Cervical Cancer

In brief

In the United States, Black women are more likely to die of cervical cancer than White women. In developing countries and globally, Haitian immigrant women are more likely to die of cervical cancer than any other women in the world. Studies have shown a disparity in parental acceptance of the HPV vaccine with parents of Black adolescent girls being less likely to accept and comply with HPV immunization schedules than Whites. The objective of this study is to increase HPV immunization rates in Haitian and African American adolescent girls. The investigator's hypothesis is that a validated behavior change mechanism, brief-negotiating interviewing (BNI), will effectively increase the proportion of mothers who give consent for their daughters' HPV vaccine, which will ultimately lead to higher vaccination rates, and increase knowledge of HPV infection and the vaccine in Haitian immigrant and African American mothers.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01254669
Run by
Boston Medical Center
People needed
200
Starts
2011-01-01
Expected to finish
2014-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-05-19

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 15. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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