title: How to inform: comparing written and video education interventions to increase human papillomavirus knowledge and vaccination intentions in young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the efficacy of 2 human papillomavirus (HPV) educational interventions on increasing HPV knowledge and vaccination intentions in college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Male (n = 60) and female (n = 140) undergraduates (M (age) = 20.4, SD = 2.3) recruited from a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from October 2009 to March 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using theory-based interventions, participants were randomly assigned to either a written HPV pamphlet, an HPV video, or a control. HPV knowledge and vaccination intentions were assessed pre and postintervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Low baseline knowledge and intentions were found across groups. Postintervention, participants in the written and video interventions had significantly higher knowledge and intentions than the control. No differences were found between written and video interventions on knowledge or intentions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study, a first in comparing HPV educational formats, suggests that both written and video interventions are equally effective in educating about HPV and increasing young adults' vaccination intentions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krawczyk
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Samara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delisle
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amsel
authors.forename: Zeev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rosberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011792:Quebec; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines