The purpose of this study is to develop, deliver and evaluate a provider intervention for mothers and their children to encourage receipt of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the children and appropriate cervical cancer screening in the mothers.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Being seen as a pediatric patient at a study clinic on the day of enrollment * Self-identified African American or Hispanic * Aged 9-18 years (mother accompanying child to clinic visit had no age limit) * Had received no doses of HPV vaccine or received one shot and was overdue for the second dose (three or more months after the first dose was given) prior to the clinic visit Exclusion Criteria: * Already having received two or more doses of HPV vaccine * Mother or female guardian (referred to as "mother" henceforth) not accompanying the child * Plans to move away from the clinic catchment area within the next 12 months * Not completing the baseline assessment prior to entering the exam room * Mother not providing or unable to give consent * Child not giving assent.