Using financial incentives to increase initial uptake and completion of HPV vaccinations: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HPV vaccination reduces the risk of cervical cancer. Uptake however, of the 'catch-up' campaign in England for 17-18 year old girls is below the 80% NHS target. The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of financial incentives on (a) the uptake and completion of an HPV vaccination programme and (b) the quality of the decisions to undertake the vaccination.

Method/design

One thousand (n = 1000) 16-18 year-old girls will be invited to participate in an HPV vaccination programme: Five-hundred (n = 500) will have received a previous invitation to get vaccinated but will have failed to do so (previous non-attenders) and 500 will not have previously received an invitation (first-time invitees). Girls will be randomly selected from eligible part

SUBMITTER: Mantzari E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3471042 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature