title: Increasing information-seeking about human papillomavirus vaccination through community partnerships in African American and Hispanic communities.
abstract: This study tested the feasibility of promoting 1-800-4-CANCER through partnerships with organizations serving African American and Hispanic communities. Small-media and client reminders about human papillomavirus vaccination were made available through local agents to 28 community organizations. Organizations ordered 79 932 resources and distributed them to young women and parents of girls-;African Americans in St Louis, Missouri, and Hispanics in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Pre- to postintervention calls to 1-800-4-CANCER increased 38% in these communities, while declining 15% in comparison communities of Kansas City, Missouri, and El Paso, Texas (F = 8.6, P = .004) and 1.4% in the United States as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Health Communication Research Laboratory, Institute for Public Health, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63112, USA. mkreuter@gwbmail.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kreuter
authors.forename: Maria E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Ludmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cofta-Woerpel
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Brandie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adams-Piphus
authors.forename: Hope
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krebill
authors.forename: Dora Alicia
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Daisy Morales
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Ginny Thompson
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Kirklin
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Betsworth
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D003256:Community Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D007255:Information Services; D007615:Kansas; D008923:Missouri; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D010290:Parents; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013689:Telephone; D013781:Texas; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines