Clinical trial · Observational
People Living With HIV, Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity
People Living With HIV (PLWH), Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer, and Health Equity: A Qualitative Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 12, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260912-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIV Infections | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Meeting (Focus Group) | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaires | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Qualitative Focus Group
- description
- Participants will be asked to a series of questions to help place them in a focus group with other individuals of shared identity and will also complete a short quantitative survey either emailed to the participant or the outreach worker/study coordinator will administer the survey by phone. Participants will then participate in one 1.5-2 hour, facilitated, focus group discussions (FGD).
- interventionNames
- Other: Group Meeting (Focus Group)
- Other: Questionnaires
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Identification of potential oral health equity factors
- timeFrame
- Up to 3 days
- description
- Participants will complete a baseline questionnaire which will aid in the formation of the focus group with other individuals of shared identity. The Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) will be transcribed, coded, and the focus group guide will be updated following the Grounded Theory qualitative research methodology. The "data" from the FGD are the audio recordings and the transcripts. The digital transcript of each focus group will be uploaded to the software MAXQDA to aid with coding and analysis in identifying individual, interpersonal, and structural factors, if any, that may impact accessing oral health care.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion 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. Exclusion Criteria: * 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.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDHernandez AL, Lingas EO, Juarez W, Villa A, Palefsky J. Using an anti-racist research framework to design studies of oral human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer in San Francisco: rationale and protocol for the Health Equity and Oral Health in People living with HIV (HEOHP) qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2024 Sep 24;14(9):e091474. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091474. PMID 39317508