Skinner 2015.
Trial name or title | HPV.edu |
Methods | Cluster‐randomised trial |
Participants |
Participants: adolescents in their first year of high school (year 8 in participating states) Number enrolled: 40 schools with year‐8 enrolments above 100 students Study population: adolescents attending high school in each of 2 states, western Australia and south Australia |
Interventions |
Intervention: 3 main components: adolescent intervention; HPV vaccine parent/adolescent decision support tool; and logistical strategies; methods for increasing consent form return such as direct mail‐out of forms to parents. Description:
Duration: conducted over 2 school years: 2013 and 2014. Comparison: usual practice Vaccine target: HPV vaccination Disease targeted: cervical cancer Number of doses: no description |
Outcomes | HPV vaccine uptake HPV vaccination knowledge |
Starting date | 1 February 2013 |
Contact information | Prof Rachel Skinner Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2054, Australia Email: Rachel.Skinner@health.nsw.gov.au |
Notes | Trial registered on ANZCTR with registration number ACTRN12614000404628 |
HPV: human papillomavirus.