Imperial College London
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ProfessorVictoriaCornelius

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor in Medical Statistics and Trials Methodology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 1218v.cornelius

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Ranjit Rayat +44 (0)20 7594 3445

 
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Location

 

111Stadium HouseWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Forster:2017:10.1038/bjc.2017.284,
author = {Forster, AS and Cornelius, V and Rockliffe, L and Marlow, LA and Bedford, H and Waller, J},
doi = {10.1038/bjc.2017.284},
journal = {British Journal of Cancer},
pages = {1121--1127},
title = {A cluster randomised feasibility study of an adolescent incentive intervention to increase uptake of HPV vaccination.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.284},
volume = {117},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BACKGROUND: Uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is suboptimal among some groups. We aimed to determine the feasibility of undertaking a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) of incentives to improve HPV vaccination uptake by increasing consent form return. METHODS: An equal-allocation, two-arm cluster RCT design was used. We invited 60 London schools to participate. Those agreeing were randomised to either a standard invitation or incentive intervention arm, in which Year 8 girls had the chance to win a £50 shopping voucher if they returned a vaccination consent form, regardless of whether consent was provided. We collected data on school and parent participation rates and questionnaire response rates. Analyses were descriptive. RESULTS: Six schools completed the trial and only 3% of parents opted out. The response rate was 70% for the girls' questionnaire and 17% for the parents'. In the intervention arm, 87% of girls returned a consent form compared with 67% in the standard invitation arm. The proportion of girls whose parents gave consent for vaccination was higher in the intervention arm (76%) than the standard invitation arm (61%). CONCLUSIONS: An RCT of an incentive intervention is feasible. The intervention may improve vaccination uptake but a fully powered RCT is needed.British Journal of Cancer advance online publication: 22 August 2017; doi:10.1038/bjc.2017.284 www.bjcancer.com.
AU  - Forster,AS
AU  - Cornelius,V
AU  - Rockliffe,L
AU  - Marlow,LA
AU  - Bedford,H
AU  - Waller,J
DO  - 10.1038/bjc.2017.284
EP  - 1127
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0007-0920
SP  - 1121
TI  - A cluster randomised feasibility study of an adolescent incentive intervention to increase uptake of HPV vaccination.
T2  - British Journal of Cancer
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.284
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/50377
VL  - 117
ER  -
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