All for Them.
Project Overview
All for Them (AFT) is a multilevel, multicomponent program that comprises three synergistic evidence-based strategies to effectively increase HPV vaccine initiation and completion among youth living in medically underserved areas. The original AFT initiative was implemented from 2017-2020 in Houston ISD middle schools. The UTHealth team is currently implementing AFT in diverse Texas communities in Houston, Baytown, Fort Worth, and Crowley, TX with opportunities for implementation in additional underserved school districts. The project is funded via a CPRIT expansion grant and agreements with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Be Well™ Baytown and HPV Vaccination Initiatives. We designed the first strategy, the AFT parent-focused social marketing campaign, to normalize and help parents view the HPV vaccine as part of routine healthcare for their adolescents. The AFT campaign messaging begins by empathizing with parents and empowering them to make the best choices for their families, at the same time that it reframes HPV vaccination as cancer prevention. The campaign is delivered through community-based small and digital media for each participating school. The second strategy is continuing nursing education (CNE) to increase school nurses’ knowledge, positive attitudes, and effective communication with parents regarding HPV vaccine, HPV vaccine advocacy, and the importance of recording HPV vaccination in school health records. We offer the free CNE to school nurses statewide for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit. Finally, the social marketing campaign is designed to help parents decide to have their children participate in the third strategy, which is free comprehensive adolescent school-based vaccination clinics held in public middle and high schools, at which youth will be offered all ACIP-recommended vaccinations.
This project is a collaboration between researchers, healthcare providers, and educators at:
UTHealth School of Public Health, UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas Children’s Mobile Clinic Program, Memorial Hermann Health Centers for Schools, CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile Clinics, University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health and Pediatric Mobile Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Crowley Independent School District (CISD), Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD), Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District (GCCISD), and Houston Independent School District (HISD).
All for Them is funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) – Prevention Services:
- Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) PP170046: Using Social Marketing and Mobile School-Based Vaccination Clinics to Increase HPV Vaccination Uptake in High-Risk Geographic Areas (2017-2021)
- CPRIT PP200017: Expanding "All for Them": A Comprehensive School-Based Approach to Increase HPV vaccination through Public Schools (2020-2024)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Be Well™ Baytown: "All for Them Baytown"
- The University of Texas MD Anderson: "All for Them Aldine," "All for Them Crowley" and "All for Them Spring"
Project Details
All for Them is funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) – Prevention Services:
- Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) PP170046: Using Social Marketing and Mobile School-Based Vaccination Clinics to Increase HPV Vaccination Uptake in High-Risk Geographic Areas (2017-2021)
- CPRIT PP200017: Expanding "All for Them": A Comprehensive School-Based Approach to Increase HPV vaccination through Public Schools (2020-2024)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Be Well™ Baytown: "All for Them Baytown"
- The University of Texas MD Anderson: "All for Them Aldine," "All for Them Crowley" and "All for Them Spring"
Faculty and Staff
- Paula Cuccaro, PhD - Principal Investigator
- Sally Vernon, PhD - Co-Principal Investigator
- Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM, FAAN - Co-Investigator
- Lara Savas, PhD - Co-Investigator
- Elizabeth Baumler, PhD - Co-Investigator and Statistician, Site PI at UTMB
- Sanghamitra Misra, MD, MEd - Co-Investigator, Site PI at BCM
- Erika Thompson, PhD, MPH, CPH - Co-Investigator, Site PI at UNTHSC SPH
- Daisy Mullassery, DrNP, RN, WHNP-BC - Co-Investigator
- Efrat Gabay, MPH - Program Manager
Project Staff
Project personnel are listed below. Click on a name to view the individual profile.
"All for Them" Vaccination Program Launches New Website
The UTHealth Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research has launched a new website for the highly successful HPV vaccination program All for Them (AFT).
CHPPR HPV Vaccination Initiative Launches Continuing Nursing Education Program
The All for Them vaccination initiative has launched a free Continuing Nursing Education course entitled “School Nurses are All for Them: HPV Vaccination in Schools.” This online, self-paced course was developed specifically for school nurses in Texas, but nurses and health professionals working in other settings are invited to take the course as well.