The impact of a comic book intervention on East African-American adolescents’ HPV vaccine-related knowledge, beliefs and intentions

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• Alternative Title:
  J Immigr Minor Health
• Personal Author:
  Shin, Michelle B. ; Ko, Linda K. ; Ibrahim, Anisa ; Mohamed, Farah Bille ; Lin, John ; Celentano, Isabelle ; Shankar, Megha ; Amsalu, Fanaye ; Ali, Ahmed A. ; Richardson, Barbra A. ; Taylor, Victoria M. ; Winer, Rachel L.
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• Description:
  Background: ; HPV-vaccine uptake is low among East African-American (EAA) adolescents. We developed a comic book and evaluated the impact on HPV/HPV-vaccine knowledge, beliefs and vaccine-intentions. ; Methods: ; The intervention was delivered to HPV-unvaccinated EAA adolescents attending educational dinners with their mothers. Adolescents aged 14–17 were sequentially assigned alternately to a pre- or post-test. Results were compared with chi-squared tests and generalized estimating equation models adjusted for age, gender, and mother’s language. ; Results: ; Among 136 (Pre-test=64, Post-test=72) participants (90% Somali), pre/post differences were observed for proportions of correct responses to questions on HPV (44.0% vs. 82.9%, RR:1.8795%CI:1.54–2.27), HPV-vaccine knowledge (42.8% vs. 75.4%, RR:1.7495%CI:1.46–2.07), comfort discussing HPV/HPV-vaccine with parents (57.8% vs. 90.3% somewhat/very comfortable, RR:1.5595%CI:1.24–1.94), and willingness (37.5% vs. 83.3% probably/definitely willing, RR:2.1695%CI:1.55–3.01) and intention (34.4% vs. 86.1% somewhat/very likely, RR:2.3895% CI:1.69–3.37) to get vaccinated. ; Discussion: ; The intervention improved participants’ HPV/HPV-vaccine knowledge, beliefs and vaccine-intentions. Similar interventions could be adapted for other racial/ethnic-minorities.
• Keywords:
  • HPV vaccination
  • adolescent health promotion
  • immigrant
  • comic book
  • East African-American communities
  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • Intention
  • Papillomavirus Infections
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• Source:
  J Immigr Minor Health. 24(6):1489-1500
• Pubmed ID:
  35357620
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10129048
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP005013/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005013/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005013-03S7/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/127545/cdc_127545_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 351.19 KB]
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:2b87e151b8bcdbc852bada24f93b428a991725d530338a273fa087bb2b3c35f3