Influenza, Vaccination
Conditions
Keywords
influenza, vaccination
Brief summary
Influenza vaccine is recommended as routine care for all individuals who are at least 6 months of age and older. Recently, questions about vaccine safety and concerns for side effects have increased, contributing to both influenza vaccine hesitancy and refusal. In an effort to educate parents and patients, public health entities and physicians give informational handouts in various forms. However, recent publications have found that pro-vaccine messages can have paradoxical effects on vaccine intentions, therefore further studies on vaccine related public health communication is needed. Few, if any, studies have analyzed the relationship between influenza vaccine attitudes and intention with actual vaccine receipt in the pediatric population. These results will help to understand the relationship between parent's vaccine perception and the intent to vaccinate versus the child's receipt of the influenza vaccine, as well as to optimize educational information given to families regarding the influenza vaccine.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLocal educational information
Participants in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on local educational information.
BEHAVIORALNational educational information
Participants in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on national educational information.
Sponsors
Columbia University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age at least 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* Receipt of influenza vaccination that season
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children who receive influenza vaccination on day of intervention | Day 0 | Receipt of influenza vaccination by the child on the day of the educational intervention |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children who receive influenza vaccination during the influenza vaccine season | Up to 7 months | Receipt of influenza vaccination by the child by April 2017 |
| Number of parents who anticipate influenza vaccination during the influenza vaccine season | Up to 7 months | Parents report planned receipt of influenza vaccination by themselves by April 2017 |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed