People Living With HIV, Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco
About this trial
This is an exploratory qualitative study among People Living With HIV (PLWH) of diverse racial/ethnic and sexual and gender minority (SGM) identities to explore individual, interpersonal, and structural oral health equity factors that serve as barriers or facilitators of accessing oral health care, knowledge and perceptions of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) /Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), and to collect recommendations on how to increase access to oral health care and engage PLWH in OSCC/OPSCC prevention.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Participants must be 18-years old or older.
Participants must be individuals living with HIV
Ability to speak and understand English
Identify as one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups
Disqualifiers
Younger than 18-years old.
Not living with HIV.
Not able to speak and understand English.
Not classified as one or more racial/ethnic minority groups or sexual and gender minority groups.
Trial population
People living with HIV who identify with one or more racial/ethnic/ sexual or gender minority groups
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Group Meeting (Focus Group)
Other interventionFocus Group Discussions (FDGs) will be recorded, transcribed, and coded.
Questionnaires
Other interventionGiven electronically or via phone by study team staff
Treatment groups
144 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Qualitative Focus Group2 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Identification of potential oral health equity factors
Participants will complete a baseline questionnaire which will aid in the formation of the focus group with other individuals of shared identity. The Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) will be transcribed, coded, and the focus group guide will be updated following the Grounded Theory qualitative research methodology. The "data" from the FGD are the audio recordings and the transcripts. The digital transcript of each focus group will be uploaded to the software MAXQDA to aid with coding and analysis in identifying individual, interpersonal, and structural factors, if any, that may impact accessing oral health care.
Time frame
Up to 3 daysOther outcomes
1
Assess participant perceptions about OSCC/OPSCC and HPV vaccination
FGDs will be transcribed, coded, and the focus group guide will be updated following the Grounded Theory qualitative research methodology. The "data" from the FGD are the audio recordings and the transcripts. The digital transcript of each focus group will be uploaded to the software MAXQDA to aid with coding and analysis in assessing information on participant's perception of causes, risk factors, prevention, and screening for OSCC/OPSCC and HPV vaccination.
Time frame
During focus group, 1 day2
Assess participant knowledge about OSCC/OPSCC and HPV vaccination
FGDs will be transcribed, coded, and the focus group guide will be updated following the Grounded Theory qualitative research methodology. The "data" from the FGD are the audio recordings and the transcripts. The digital transcript of each focus group will be uploaded to the software MAXQDA to aid with coding and analysis in assessing information on participant's knowledge of causes, risk factors, prevention, and screening for OSCC/OPSCC and HPV vaccination
Time frame
During focus group, 1 daySponsors and contacts
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University of California, San Francisco
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov