# Vietnamese-American parents' HPV vaccine uptake for their adolescent children: An examination of practice-, provider-, and patient-level influences

> **NIH NIH F31** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $45,520

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Vietnamese-Americans have been documented to have high cervical cancer rates and low human
papillomavirus vaccine (HPVV) uptake. Unfortunately, limited research has disaggregated the Asian-American
population to examine mechanistic explanations for this disparity. Additionally, no prior work has examined
multilevel determinants influencing HPVV uptake among Vietnamese-Americans. This study will leverage a
health services research framework (P3 model) and an explanatory sequential mixed-method design to
examine multilevel determinants of HPVV uptake among Vietnamese-American parents. The specific aims
are to: (1) quantitatively examine practice-, provider-, and patient-level factors influencing Vietnamese-
American parents’ HPVV uptake for their adolescents; and (2) qualitatively examine why and how factors
identified in Aim 1 shape Vietnamese-American parents’ HPVV decision-making and assess practice-,
provider-, and patient-level strategies to promote adolescent HPVV uptake. This proposal will advance NCI’s
mission of cancer health equity by exploring structural, social, and cultural barriers to HPVV for a high-risk
minority group and by supporting the development of a talented, well-poised junior investigator, Ms. Ha Ngan
(Milkie) Vu, who is devoted to a research career furthering this mission. Ms. Vu’s 3-year training plan includes:
(1) strengthening her expertise of health services research theories, focusing on health system factors
impacting Asian immigrants’ cancer prevention practices and HPVV utilization; (2) increasing her
understanding of intervention development and translational research; and (3) refining her skills set related to
research design, statistical methods, and mixed-method research. This fellowship will facilitate her progress
towards her career goal of becoming an independent investigator who advances knowledge of cancer health
disparities among immigrants and racial/ethnic minorities, applies this knowledge to develop interventions
addressing such disparities, and ensures knowledge translation to inform policy and practice. Emory University
is an excellent environment for the proposed research and training. The proposed team of mentors, Drs. Berg
(Primary Sponsor), Bednarczyk (Co-Sponsor), Escoffery (Co-Sponsor), and Haardörfer (Collaborator) will lend
their collective expertise to mentor Ms. Vu in cancer prevention and control, health communication, HPVV,
dissemination and implementation research, mixed-methods research, theory development and testing, and
research translation and dissemination. Moreover, Ms. Vu will leverage infrastructure and resources available
within Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute (NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center); within Emory’s Global
Health Institute and its associated Refugee and Immigrant Health and Wellness Alliance; and within the
Doctoral Program, Department, School of Public Health, and University. The candidate, the mentorship team,
and the environmen...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9984149
- **Project number:** 5F31CA243220-02
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Ha Ngan Vu
- **Activity code:** F31 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $45,520
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-22 → 2022-07-21

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9984149

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9984149, Vietnamese-American parents' HPV vaccine uptake for their adolescent children: An examination of practice-, provider-, and patient-level influences (5F31CA243220-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9984149. Licensed CC0.

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