NCT04660331

Communication Strategy to PROMOTE HPV Vaccination in Pharmacies: PROMOTE Study

PROMOTE Pilot Study: Pharmacy Multimodal Communication Strategy to Promote HPV Vaccination

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial investigates how a communication strategy works in increasing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in community pharmacies among adolescents. Although pharmacies are vaccine providers, low vaccination rates are persistent as a result of low awareness of pharmacy services and poor engagement by pharmacy staff with adolescents about vaccines. The purpose of this study is to test a communication strategy that identifies vaccine-eligible children and teaches pharmacy staff how to effectively communicate with them about HPV vaccination in order to increase HPV vaccination rates.

Detailed description

OUTLINE: AIM 1: Participants participate in a semi-structured interview in-person or via phone over 90 minutes about barriers/facilitators of HPV vaccination in pharmacies. AIM 2: Participants provide feedback on survey questions via cognitive testing. Pharmacy staff complete an online survey over 10-15 minutes to assess the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of providing HPV vaccination to children aged 9-17 in their pharmacies. Pharmacy staff then attend two, 60-minute vaccine communication training sessions, consisting of identifying vaccine-eligible children and recommending HPV and other vaccines. Pharmacy staff employ the new communication strategy in their pharmacy up to 6 months, and then complete an online survey over 10-15 minutes. Pharmacies of which the pharmacy staff participants work undergo an environmental scan to characterize the pharmacy's environment, vaccination workflow, and team dynamics. Additionally, pharmacy audits will be conducted from the pharmacy electronic records to assess adoption of HPV vaccination, and the impact of the communication strategy on adoption of other adolescent vaccines (e.g., tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis; meningococcal conjugate; influenza).

Conditions

• Human Papillomavirus Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Communication Intervention	Undergo communication strategy intervention
OTHER	Communication Skills Training	Undergo communication training sessions
BEHAVIORAL	Healthcare Activity	Participate in interview
BEHAVIORAL	Healthcare Activity	Undergo environmental scan
OTHER	Survey Administration	Complete survey

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2023-07-31
• Completion: 2023-07-31
• First posted: 2020-12-09
• Last updated: 2024-10-09
• Results posted: 2024-10-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States