Table 4.

Activities to Increase HPV Vaccination at School Health Centers, North Carolina (N = 33).

Activities led by school health centers	Feasible (mean)	Would increase uptake (mean)
Obtain consent for vaccination from parents while they are at school†	1.7	2.3 b
Mail parents letters endorsing adolescent vaccines†	2.4 a	2.0
Send reminders to parents when students are due for adolescent vaccines†	--	2.4 b
Have student-led promotional campaigns	2.1	2.0
Host school-based HPV vaccine awareness raising events	2.0	2.2
Give student incentives for receiving adolescent vaccines	2.8 a	2.5 b
Activities led by outside parties	Helpful (mean)	Would increase uptake (mean)
Provide additional training to use NCIR	2.1	1.9
Pay for privately-purchased doses of HPV vaccine after administration	2.0	2.0
Add school health centers to private insurance plans’ approved providers	2.2	2.1
Develop new consent forms that appeal to parents	2.1	2.0
Give additional HPV vaccine brochures or posters	2.1	2.1
Address HPV vaccine in health education classes	2.1	2.0

Note. Response scales had 3 options (ie, “not at all doable” to “very doable”; “would increase uptake not at all” to “would increase uptake a lot”; or “would help not at all” to “would help a lot”).

^†Does not include clinics already engaging in these activities.

^aThese two activities had higher ratings for “Feasibility” that the remaining 3 school-led activities, based on post-hoc t-tests.

^bThese three activities had higher ratings for “Would increase uptake” than the remaining 3 school-led activities, based on post-hoc t-tests.