None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Engagement of the Ni-Vanuatu women will enable effective delivery of Cervarix vaccine to a cohort of 10-12 year old school girls. Efficient monitoring and follow up will lead to the prevention of cervical cancer in Vanuatu.
Interventions
A series of 1 hour long focus groups will be conducted in 10 participating villages, by the district nurses in English and Bislami to ascertain the beliefs of vaccination and cervical cancer immunisation program amongst government officials, parents and 10-12 year old school girls . The findings from the sessions will be used to lay the vaccination program in Vanuatu. Hence these sessions happen prior to the 3 shots of vaccine.
1000 school girls will be educated about cervical cancer and immuni
A series of 1 hour long focus groups will be conducted in 10 participating villages, by the district nurses in English and Bislami to ascertain the beliefs of vaccination and cervical cancer immunisation program amongst government officials, parents and 10-12 year old school girls . The findings from the sessions will be used to lay the vaccination program in Vanuatu. Hence these sessions happen prior to the 3 shots of vaccine. 1000 school girls will be educated about cervical cancer and immunised intravenously with 3 doses of Cervarix (0.5 ml per dose) by a dedicated nurse across 10 villages. HPV antibody levels will be measured 3 months after the final dose of the vaccine delivered to a 0,2.5,6 month schedule. The collected sera will then be tested in a WHO lab.
Sponsors
University of Queensland
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
9 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
age 9 - 12 years old school girls
Exclusion criteria
1. younger than 9 and older than 12 women 2. who currently receive any immunology modifier meditation.
Outcome results
None listed