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

Qualifiers

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 design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Group Meeting (Focus Group)
  • Questionnaires

Treatment groups

144 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Collaborator