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CompletedNCT04023955

Promoting HPV Vaccine Through Twitter

Feasibility of a Twitter Campaign to Promote HPV Vaccine Uptake Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Young Adult Women Living in Public Housing

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
48 (actual)
Sponsor
Tufts University · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
18 Years – 26 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

This study assessed the feasibility of implementing a one-month Twitter campaign to promote knowledge about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among low-income women living in public housing.

Detailed description

Investigators recruited a convenience sample (n=35) of women ages 18-26 years who resided in public housing in Massachusetts. Investigators assessed the feasibility and acceptability of the campaign. Online assessed changes in HPV knowledge, attitudes, and vaccine intentions before and after the campaign.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALTwitterParticipants received a daily tweet over a period of one-month with educational messages about HPV vaccine and cervical cancer

Timeline

Start date
2016-06-01
Primary completion
2018-06-10
Completion
2018-06-10
First posted
2019-07-18
Last updated
2019-09-04

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04023955. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.