Effect of a Health Care Professional Communication Training Intervention on Adolescent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers is more than 35 000 cases in the United States each year. Effective HPV vaccines have been available in the United States for several years but are underused among adolescents, the target population for vaccination. Interventions to increase uptake are needed.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of a 5-component health care professional HPV vaccine communication intervention on adolescent HPV vaccination.

Design, setting, and participants

A cluster randomized clinical trial using covariate-constrained randomization to assign study arms and an intent-to-treat protocol was conducted in 16 primary care practices in the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. Participants included 188 medical professionals a

SUBMITTER: Dempsey AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875329 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature