Human Papillomavirus
Conditions
Keywords
vaccine, physician training, adolescent health
Brief summary
Coverage of HPV vaccination among US teens is low, far below Healthy People 2020 goals. A central reason for low coverage is infrequent and inadequate healthcare provider recommendation of HPV vaccine. The proposed intervention aims to train clinicians to provide effective recommendations for the vaccine using participatory or efficient communication strategies. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of two communication trainings to increase HPV vaccination coverage among adolescent patients. We will compare HPV vaccination for pediatric and family medicine clinics receiving a participatory communication training, efficient communication training, or no training. Ten clinics will be randomly assigned to each study arm for a total of 30 clinics. The primary outcome of this study is to compare the change in clinics' levels of HPV vaccination initiation coverage among 11-12 year old adolescent patients from baseline to 6 month follow-up. Secondarily, we will compare the change in HPV vaccination initiation coverage in 13-17 year old adolescents.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALParticipatory
The participatory intervention is a 1-hour training to help clinicians improve their ability to make strong and effective recommendations for HPV vaccine, and address parental concerns regarding HPV vaccination. The training includes four components: 1. Review of information on HPV vaccine, including effectiveness, safety, rationale for targeting adolescents ages 11-12, and low HPV vaccine coverage rates compared to Tdap and meningococcal vaccine 2. Skills building on how to recommend HPV vaccine using a participatory communication strategy based in shared decision making 3. Practice using the communication strategy via role play 4. Discussion on applying the communication strategy to medical practice
BEHAVIORALEfficient
The efficient intervention is a 1-hour training to help clinicians improve their ability to make strong and effective recommendations for HPV vaccine, and address parental concerns regarding HPV vaccination. The training includes four components: 1. Review of information on HPV vaccine, including effectiveness, safety, rationale for targeting adolescents ages 11-12, and low HPV vaccine coverage rates compared to Tdap and meningococcal vaccine 2. Skills building on how to recommend HPV vaccine using an efficient communication strategy based on first announcing the child is due for 3 vaccines 3. Practice using the communication strategy via role play 4. Discussion on applying the communication strategy to medical practice
Sponsors
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Pfizer
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Eligible clinics are pediatric and family medicine practice clinics located within a 2-hour driving distance of Chapel Hill, NC, and have 100 or more 11-12 year old patients with active records in the NCIR. Clinics must have at least one pediatric or family medicine physician who provides HPV vaccine to adolescents ages 11-12.
Exclusion criteria
* Ineligible clinics include those that have participated in a quality improvement study to increase HPV vaccination rates in the last 6 months or plan to participate in such a study in the next 6 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm (efficient or participatory), 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by North Carolina Immunization Registry (NCIR). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination, control arm vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in Tdap vaccination, control arm vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in meningococcal vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control arm vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in meningococcal vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control arm vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in Tdap vaccination, control arm vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in Tdap vaccination, control arm vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in meningococcal vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control arm vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in meningococcal vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control arm vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| Change in clinician HPV vaccine knowledge, efficient arm vs. participatory arm | Pre-training, Post-training | 3-item knowledge scale (low vaccine coverage, vaccine effectiveness, recommendation impact on vaccine uptake). |
| Change in clinician self-efficacy, efficient arm vs. participatory arm | Pre-training, Post-training, week 2 | 2-item self-efficacy scale (effectively recommending HPV vaccination, addressing parents' concerns). |
| Change in clinician recommendation quality, efficient arm vs. participatory arm | Pre-training, week 2 | 4-item recommendation quality scale (urgency, consistency, timeliness, strength of endorsement) (Gilkey et al.). |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), efficient arm vs. participatory arm, 11-12 year olds | Baseline, month 6 | Analysis controlling for sex. Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| Change in clinician communication of HPV vaccination as cancer prevention, efficient arm vs. participatory | Pre-training, Post-training, week 2 | 1 item on communicating HPV vaccination as cancer prevention. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old females | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old males | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old females | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old males | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old females | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old males | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old females | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 11-12 year old males | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old females | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old males | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old females | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccination (≥ 1 dose), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old males | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old females | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 3 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old males | Baseline, month 3 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old females | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| 6 month % change in HPV vaccine completion (3 doses), control vs. each intervention arm, 13-17 year old males | Baseline, month 6 | Vaccination as measured by NCIR. |
| Change in clinician communication of routine use, efficient arm vs. participatory arm | Pre-training, Post-training, week 2 | 1 item on communicating HPV vaccination as part of routine adolescent care. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed