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"An Ounce of Prevention" Developing a Bilingual Fotonovela on HPV Vaccination for Latina Moms of Preteens


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Tammy Pilisuk, MPH, Immunization Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA
  
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Cervical cancer affects Latinas disproportionately in the United States, especially in California. The California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch partnered with a fotonovela production company to develop a bilingual fotonovela to motivate Latina mothers of preteens to get their children vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). We convened a 10-member advisory committee to guide the development of the fotonovela and field-tested it with three focus groups of Latina mothers of preteens (n=22). The focus group participants completed a pre- and post-survey to assess knowledge gain after reading the fotonovela.  The pre-/post-survey results showed statistically significant knowledge gain on the HPV vaccine among focus group participants. We found that the fotonovela is a well-accepted educational vehicle for Latinas but was culturally-inappropriate for other groups. This presentation will share data on knowledge gain, lessons learned from our development and distribution, and considerations for going digital.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs

Learning Objectives:
Describe process for developing a traditional fotonovela List at least 3 topics where the target population had knowledge gain Discuss lessons learned from evaluating the effectiveness of this medium

Keyword(s): Immunizations, Latinos

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am co-author of "Developing a Bilingual Fotonovela to Encourage Human Papillomavirus Preteen Immunization in California: A Case Study" (2014) and was involved in the development and testing of the CDPH fotonovela.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 4353.0: The 21st Century Fotonovela, from Booklet to Digital: Lessons in Developing, Using, and Evaluating this Unique Health Communication Tool for Latino Communities (Invited Session organized jointy by PHEHP and HCWG)