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Sharon Mai

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The Development of a Culturally-Tailored Video Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination Among African American Adolescents

Name Sharon Mai
Institution Temple University
Research Field Population Cancer Research
Role at Institution Undergraduate Student
Presenter(s) Sharon Mai

Abstract

The Development of a Culturally-Tailored Video Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination Among African American Adolescents

Sharon Mai;1 Grace X. Ma, PhD;1,2 Lin Zhu, PhD;1 Aissatou Barry;1 Ra’Ann Mercier;1 Yin Tan, MD, MPH1

1Center for Asian health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2Department of Clinical Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection that can lead to long-term cancers. It is a serious problem in the United States affecting about 79 million people. Teenagers are more susceptible to get infected with HPV. Research has found that vaccination is a safe and effective method to prevent HPV. However, there is a massive influx of children that do not get vaccinated. One of the contributing factors to the issue is the lack of educational resources and provided information to parents.

The study’s objective is to develop a culturally tailored educational video to improve African American parent’s beliefs and decision making on HPV vaccination for their children.

The intervention will be conducted in health care facilities in Philadelphia. The intervention consists of watching an eight-minute animation educational video to gauge their beliefs and intentions about HPV vaccination. After the video, a health educator will then go over a discussion guide about parent’s concerns and questions related to HPV vaccines.

In this presentation, we will discuss the process of culturally tailoring educational messages and intervention material development. We will describe how the research team identified the education needs in the targeted population, identified educational topics and focus, and culturally tailored the video scripts. We will also describe the development of the education video.

Acknowledgement:  This project was supported by Center for Asian Health’s funds (PI: Grace X. Ma, PhD), and TUFCCC/HC Regional Comprehensive Cancer Health Disparity Partnership, Award Number U54 CA221704(5) (Contact PIs: Grace X. Ma, PhD and Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi, MD, PhD) from the National Cancer Institute of National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NCI/NIH.

Email questions and comments about this abstract to Tug52006@temple.edu.

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