NCT01526551

A Study to Compare the Impact of a School Based HPV Program on Vaccination Uptake and Completion Rates

A Study to Compare the Impact of a School Based HPV Vaccination Program on Vaccination Uptake and Completion Rates Among High School Students in Rural, Southeastern Kentucky

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 935 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lake Cumberland District Health Department · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a school-based Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program to determine if the combination of increased disease and vaccine education coupled with the removal of barriers will positively impact the HPV vaccination uptake and completion rates among students.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a school-based HPV vaccination program. The intervention will consists of: provision of HPV vaccine information and consent forms for parents delivered in the back-to-school packets; school-nurse delivered student education; removal of barriers (scheduling, transportation and parental presence); changing of social norms; and the provision of free HPV vaccine.

Conditions

• Human Papillomavirus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	HPV Vaccine and HPV-related Health Education	Increased education of HPV-related diseases and HPV vaccine
OTHER	Reduction of barriers	Eliminate structural and financial barriers to being vaccinated

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2012-02-06
• Last updated: 2015-03-06
• Results posted: 2015-03-06

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States