Improving knowledge of susceptibility to cervical cancer, severity of cervical cancer, and benefit from HPV vaccination among young female adults

A cluster randomized study to assess the effects of social media networking (SNS) educational intervention designed to improve the knowledge of HPV vaccination and HPV vaccination uptake rates among young female adults - Health literacy for cervical cancer and HPV vaccination

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000036636

Enrollment

3500

Registered

2019-05-01

Start date

2020-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Cervical cancer

Interventions

Arm 1) no intervention (control) Arm 2) an educational brochure about adolescent vaccines mailed home (printed-based) Arm 3) a curriculum implemented by SNS (SNS-based).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Female students with written informed consent1) young female adults aged 18 years to 26 years, and (2) persons being available for SNS-based educational messages and follow-up questionnaire. Exclusion criteria are: (1) persons who faces mental and physical challenges that make it difficult to use the SNS-based program and person who had already received three doses vaccine completion.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improving knowledge of susceptibility to cervical cancer, severity of cervical cancer, cervical screening test, and benefit from HPV vaccination measured by health belief model.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKazunori Nagasaka

Teikyo University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

teikyoHPV2019@gmail.com+81-03-3964-1211

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026