People Living With HIV, Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity

Description

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.

Conditions

HIV Infections, Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

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

People Living With HIV, Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity

Condition
HIV Infections
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

San Francisco

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

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 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.
  • * 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.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Alexandra Hernandez Levenston, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2029-11-30