Communication Inequalities on HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine

描述(申请人提供)：研究表明，人类乳头瘤病毒(HPV)是一种性传播感染，导致超过70%的宫颈癌病例，在美国对黑人妇女和非洲裔妇女的影响不成比例。随之而来的是，研究表明，存在着一种“知识鸿沟”，即黑人女性听说过HPV的可能性明显低于白人女性。不能充分获得文化上适当的健康和癌症信息，不仅可能降低种族/少数民族妇女对人乳头瘤病毒的认识，还可能阻碍她们利用信息预防和降低人乳头瘤病毒和宫颈癌风险的能力。这项拟议的研究将确定和记录低社会经济地位(SEP)黑人妇女的HPV感染和疫苗接种方面的沟通需求，她们是7-20岁年轻妇女和女孩的主要照顾者。 使用基于社区的参与性研究(CBPR)方法，我们将与我们的社区合作伙伴波士顿REACH 2010乳腺癌和宫颈癌联盟(Boston REACH 2010 Coalition)合作，建立和开展焦点小组，帮助评估HPV和疫苗接种沟通需求，以提高社区意识。事实证明，这些活动在波士顿与低SEP黑人女性进行战略沟通和外联方面非常有用。与重点小组一起，我们将通过社区研讨会，将我们的调查结果系统地传播给波士顿REACH 2010合作伙伴以及更广泛的MassCONECT社区。 这项研究的目标是确定和针对低SEP种族/少数民族妇女的HPV传播障碍，以减少这一群体中HPV和宫颈癌的健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research indicates that human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that causes over 70% of cervical cancer cases, disproportionately affects Black women and women of African descent in the United States. Concomitantly, research shows that a "knowledge gap" exists, whereby Black women are significantly less likely to have heard of HPV than their White counterparts. Inadequate access to culturally appropriate health and cancer information may not only reduce racial/ethnic minority women's HPV awareness, but may hinder their abilities to utilize information to prevent and reduce HPV and cervical cancer risks. The proposed study will identify and document the communication needs around HPV infection and vaccination among low-socioeconomic position (SEP) Black women who are primary caregivers of young women and girls aged 7-20. Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, we will work collaboratively with our community partner, Boston REACH 2010 Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition (Boston REACH 2010 Coalition) to develop and conduct focus groups that will help to assess HPV and vaccination communication needs to raise community awareness. These activities should prove very useful in strategic communication and outreach with low -SEP Black women in Boston. Along with focus groups, we will systematically disseminate our findings to the Boston REACH 2010 partners, as well as the broader MassCONECT communities, through community-based workshops. The goal of this study is to identify and target HPV communication barriers for low-SEP racial/ethnic minority women in order to reduce HPV and cervical cancer health disparities among this group.