Submitting Campus
Prescott
Department
Mathematics
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
12-2017
Abstract/Description
This study examined feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a computer-tailored intervention aimed at promoting HPV vaccination in Mexican-heritage adolescents aged 11-17. Among 46 Mexican-heritage parents who had one or more eligible children who had not received HPV vaccines, 91% (n = 42) completed the intervention and assessments via touchscreen tablet computers in a vaccine clinic. Mean knowledge scores increased significantly from pre- to post-intervention. After the intervention, 95% (n = 40) of parents intended to get their children vaccinated; 50% (n=21) of them consented to vaccination immediately, resulting in 24 adolescents being vaccinated at that time. All parents reported learning via tablets to be easy; two nurses reported that intervention delivery in the clinic was feasible. Mean acceptability rating was high (M = 3.56, range 1 - 4). This tailored intervention proved to be feasible and acceptable, and it showed preliminary short-term effects on intent and getting the first HPV vaccine dose.
Publication Title
GSTF Journal of Nursing and Health Care
Publisher
Global Science & Technology Forum
Scholarly Commons Citation
Chen, A. C., Todd, M., Amresh, A., Menon, U., & Szalacha, L. (2017). A Pilot Study of Computerized, Tailored Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination in Mexican-Heritage Adolescents. GSTF Journal of Nursing and Health Care, 5(1). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/857
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Additional Information
This article is published with open access by the GSTF and is also available here.