Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at UCSF
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Alexandra Hernandez, PhD, MPH (ucsf)

Description

Summary

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.

Official Title

People Living With HIV (PLWH), Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity: A Qualitative Study

Details

OBJECTIVES:

  1. To identify individual, interpersonal, and structural oral health equity factors (e.g., internalized stigma; enacted stigma; transportation/hours) that serve as barriers or facilitators to accessing regular and appropriate oral health care, among PLWH of intersecting racial/ethnic and SGM groups.
  2. To explore knowledge and perceptions about causes, risk factors, prevention, and screening for OSCC/OPSCC and HPV vaccination and if identity group membership influences knowledge and perceptions of these issues.
  3. To elicit recommendations for improving access to regular and appropriate oral health care, and suggestions on how to engage PLWH from diverse identity groups in prevention interventions.

OUTLINE:

There will be one screening and enrollment phone call and only one study visit for the Focus Group Discussions (FDGs). A short quantitative survey will be administered.

Keywords

HIV Infections, Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Health Equity, Focus Group, Sexual and Gender Minority, People living with HIV, HPV, human papillomavirus, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Oropharyngeal Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Group Meeting (Focus Group)

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

  • 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
  • All genders and members of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this study.

You CAN'T join if...

  • 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.

Location

  • University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco California 94143 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

Details

Status
not yet accepting patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT06055868
Study Type
Observational
Participants
Expecting 144 study participants
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