Development and evaluation of an online continuing education course to increase healthcare provider self-efficacy to make strong HPV vaccine recommendations to East African immigrant families

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tvr.2021.200214
• Publication Date: 2021-02-27T10:45:24Z
• Authors: SarahAnn M. McFadden; Linda K. Ko; Megha Shankar; Anisa Ibrahim; Debra Berliner; John Lin; Farah B. Mohamed; Fanaye Amsalu; Ahmed A. Ali; Sou Hyun Jang; Rachel L. Winer
• Keywords: Immigrant families; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Education, Continuing; Adolescent; Health Personnel; Emigrants and Immigrants; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Full Length Article; Humans; Papillomavirus Vaccines; Child; RC254-282; HPV vaccine; 4. Education; East African; Papillomavirus Infections; Vaccination; Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; Provider recommendation; Self Efficacy; 3. Good health; Female; Self-efficacy; Continuing education

To develop and evaluate an online continuing education (CE) course designed to improve healthcare provider self-efficacy make strong adolescent HPV vaccine recommendations East African immigrant families. Focus groups with providers mothers informed development. Providers serving families were recruited view the complete pre-/post-test two-month follow-up surveys. Pre-/post differences compared paired t-tests. 202 completed pre-/post-test; 158 (78%) follow-up. Confidence increased from 68% pre-test 98% post-test. address common parental concerns also increased: safety, 54% pre-test, 92% post-test; fertility, 55% 90% child too young, pork gelatin in manufacturing, 38% Two-month scores remained high (97% for overall confidence, 94%–97% addressing concerns). All pre-test/two-month comparisons statistically significant (p < 0.05). The CE focused on culturally appropriate strategies making specific was effective increasing recommend vaccination Similar courses could be tailored other priority populations.