Clinical trial NCT05120869: Healthcare Provider Human Papillomavirus Education and Professional Skills Intervention
Official title: Implementing Innovative and Strategic Approaches to Prevent and Mitigate the Deleterious Effects of HPV Across the Lifespan of Hispanics of Mexican Origin: Healthcare Provider Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Health Personnel Attitude
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Keywords: Healthcare Professionals
Health Personnel Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
Healthcare Skills and Training
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
Human Papillomavirus Cancer Screening
HPV Cancer Prevention
HPV Cancer Mitigation
Sexual and Reproductive Health
U.S.-Mexico Border Health
Behavioral Research
Community Engaged Research
Health Disparities
Health Inequities
Social Determinants of Health
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Lead sponsor: University of Texas, El Paso
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
name: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
First posted: 2021-11-15
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A parallel trial design will be used to examine the effectiveness of a tailored HPV education and professional skills intervention. Emerging and current healthcare providers will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: 1) treatment condition in which they will receive a tailored Education and Professional Skills Intervention, and 2) control condition in which they will receive general, publicly available information about HPV and communication skills. Participants will then be followed over time and the responses will be compared between groups.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Healthcare providers (HCP) serving the El Paso U.S.-Mexico Border Region will be recruited to compare educational and professional skills interventions focused on the human papillomavirus (HPV). Our hypothesis is that improving provider knowledge and communication strategies about HPV and its vaccine will reduce hesitancy and increase uptake and completion among the populations they serve.

Detailed description: A sample of emerging \[in training\] and current \[in practice\] health professionals from the El Paso U.S.-Mexico Border Region will be recruited to participate in a human papillomavirus (HPV) educational and professional skills intervention. Hypothesis: improving provider knowledge and communication strategies about HPV and its vaccine will reduce hesitancy and increase uptake and completion among eligible individuals through a tailored multi-media intervention to strengthen providers' ability to discuss HPV and vaccination in an informed and culturally competent manner, and increase subsequent provider recommendations.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Current (in practice) or emerging (in training - medical student, resident, or fellow) healthcare provider
* Working/training or living in the El Paso U.S.-Mexico Border Region (i.e., El Paso County, TX-Southern New Mexico)
* Have the authorization to recommend/prescribe/administer the HPV vaccine

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unaffiliated with the El Paso U.S.-Mexico Border Region (i.e., El Paso County, TX-Southern New Mexico)
* Participation in Phases I or II of the larger research project \[cross-sectional phases\]
* Does not identify as a current or emerging healthcare provider
* Declines or is unable to participate in the full intervention and follow-up time-points
* Unable to complete participation and activities in the English language

Primary outcomes:
measure: Between-group changes in proportions from post-intervention scores of the Healthcare Provider (HCP) Practices scale on the Healthcare Personnel Survey
timeFrame: immediately post-intervention (0 months), 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Between-group changes in proportions from post-intervention scores of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Attitudes scale on the Healthcare Personnel Survey
timeFrame: immediately post-intervention (0 months), 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention
measure: Between-group changes in proportions from post-intervention scores on the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Knowledge scale on the Healthcare Personnel Survey
timeFrame: immediately post-intervention (0 months), 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Las Cruces
country: United States
facility: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
state: New Mexico
city: El Paso
country: United States
facility: The University of Texas at El Paso, Border Biomedical Research Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Texas at El Paso, Border Biomedical Research Center
name: Eva M Moya, PhD, LMSW
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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citation: McRee AL, Brewer NT, Reiter PL, Gottlieb SL, Smith JS. The Carolina HPV immunization attitudes and beliefs scale (CHIAS): scale development and associations with intentions to vaccinate. Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Apr;37(4):234-9. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181c37e15.
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