Integrating a Health Information Technology System for Primary and Secondary Cervical Cancer Prevention

Integrating a Health Information Technology System With a Web-based Mobile Health Educational Intervention to Support More Effective Provider-patient Communication and HPV Vaccine Utilization

The project aims to increase HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening through a web-based mobile health education program called, Wheel of Wellness (WoW) and a brief negotiated interview (BNI). The in-person BNI and WoW system will provide educational resources for participants and their families to learn more about HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening.

WoW will be tailored to the participant and will be based on the participant's cancer screening and HPV vaccine health needs; It will then send custom text messages based their concerns and will remind them to schedule and attend their doctor's appointment. The researchers will conduct a single armed proof of concept where the participants will be actively using WoW. The in-person BNI will empower participants to have positive behavioral changes in regards to their health by giving them appropriate health information as well as answering their questions and concerns about cervical cancer prevention and screening.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Parent/guardian with a child between the ages of 9 to 17 who receives primary care at one of the participating sites and their male child.
2. Parent/guardian with a male child who provides consent to have child's HPV vaccination status checked in EMR.
3. Parent/guardian with a male child who has neither initiated the HPV vaccine nor completed the series
4. Parent/guardian and male child with the ability to read and write in English.
5. Parent/guardian and male child have access to a smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Parent/guardian's eligible child is pregnant.
2. Parent/guardian's has begun or completed the HPV series.
3. Parent/guardian, in the opinion of the clinical staff, is cognitively impaired and unable to give informed consent.