Using community influencer groups to address COVID-19 misinformation and potential vaccine hesitancy in Uganda

Using community influencer groups to address COVID-19 misinformation and potential vaccine hesitancy in Uganda: a prospective, comparative, two-arm, quasi-experimental study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202102846261362

Enrollment

632

Registered

2021-02-17

Start date

2021-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Community influencer groups

Control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy men and women aged 18 years to 65 years older who normally reside in households in the selected villages, domestic servants who have slept for five nights a week or more in the households, and visitors who have slept in the household for at least the past four weeks will be eligible to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Men and women from households that are under COVID-19 isolation or quarantine at the time of data collection will be excluded from the study if they do not have access to a phone for phone interviews to be conducted.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The proportion of community members with COVID-19 misinformation. ;The proportion of community members with hesitancy towards a future COVID-19 vaccine	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The psychological antecedents of vaccination: confidence, complacency, constraints, calculations and collective responsibility.	—

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactFreddy Kitutu

Project Lead

kitutufred@gmail.com+256705791777

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026