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. 2023 Apr 4;7:e43041. doi: 10.2196/43041

Table 2.

Summary of suggestions and changes at each phase of HPVVaxFacts development.

Phase Title Suggestions Changes
2 MVTCPa CABb Review
  • Modify literacy level

  • Make language understandable to lay persons

  • Diversity in images regarding sexual orientation, sex, and race

  • Lowered literacy level to grade 7 using simple terms

  • Substituted scientific words or added definitions

  • Updated images to be more racially diverse and more male oriented

3 Parental Advisory Panel Review
  • Need diversity in images (ie, in terms of race, age, and sex)

  • Add images of physicians reflective of all races in white coats

  • Add videos to complement content

  • Add adolescents’ corner (images, messages, and testimonials for adolescents)

  • Updated more images to reflect diversity in age, race, and sex for children, parents, and physicians

  • Developed videos from providers belonging to different racial groups

  • Added videos that reinforced content of each concern

  • Adolescents’ corner added with images and messages

4 CEHCc Content Review
  • Reorder or remove information

  • Remove manipulative or contradictory language

  • Removed problematic language (eg, “as a good parent”)

  • Revised misleading statements (eg, how HPVd is spread)

  • Reordered and revised content

5

Semistructured Interviews With Parents
  • Modify content to increase clarity

  • Add images for diversity

  • Add sources for content

  • Add more research-based studies

  • Tailor content to adolescents’ medical condition

  • Introduce research team

  • Increase font size and white space

  • Add guidance on navigation

  • Updated 3 infographics to increase clarity on content (eg, impact of HPV vaccine on cancer rates)

  • Updated links to go to visuals (eg, genital warts)

  • Updated 2 images to reflect sex and diversity

  • Substituted, added, or removed content from each concern (eg, edited language on rationale for age recommendation)

  • Identified and added sources for content to increase credibility

  • Added About Us tab of research team members with pictures and bio

  • Shortened sentences, added white space, and increased font size

  • Updated instructions on web page


Semistructured Interviews With Providers
  • Give providers information on content to prepare for discussion with parents

  • Developed 1-page summary for providers on vaccine concerns

  • Offered demonstration for providers

6 Expert Review
  • Edit content to improve accuracy and clarity

  • Change 1 image to be more content appropriate

  • Edited content for all concerns (eg, updated explanation of natural immunity vs vaccine immunity)

  • We did not change the picture for genital wart content because parents wanted the option to click a link that would lead to a picture of genital warts

aMVTCP: Meharry-Vanderbilt–Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership.

bCAB: community advisory board.

cCEHC: Center for Effective Health Communication.

dHPV: human papillomavirus.