Developing a Tablet-Based Self-Persuasion Intervention Promoting Adolescent HPV Vaccination: Protocol for a Three-Stage Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers are a significant burden on the US health care system that can be prevented through adolescent HPV vaccination. Despite guidelines recommending vaccination, coverage among US adolescents is suboptimal particularly among underserved patients (uninsured, low income, racial, and ethnic minorities) seen in safety-net health care settings. Many parents are ambivalent about the vaccine and delay making a decision or talking with a provider about it. Self-persuasion-generating one's own arguments for a health behavior-may be particularly effective for parents who are undecided or not motivated to make a vaccine decision.

Objective

Through a 3-stage mixed-methods protocol, we will identify an optimal and feasible self-persuasion

SUBMITTER: Tiro JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752693 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature