Publications by authors named "R J Waas"

Objective: To evaluate the preliminary efficacy, acceptability, and feasibility of Step Up to Prevention, a technology-enhanced intervention to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake among young minority and low-income women.

Design: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Two federally supported outpatient clinics in a large city in the northeastern United States.

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Objective: To identify salient beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine completion among young adult women who live in economically disadvantaged urban communities and to describe the integration of those beliefs into the development of a mobile health (mHealth) application to promote vaccine completion.

Design: Theory-based, community-informed, mHealth application development process.

Setting: Two federally supported family planning clinics in a large metropolitan area in the Northeastern region of the United States.

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