Educational Intervention to Improve Vaccine Acceptance

This research project will develop an educational intervention to improve immunization acceptance by vaccine hesitant parents. This is prospective interventional case-control trial, where the investigators will provide the intervention in the clinical setting. Enrollees will be screened and selected if they meet criteria for "vaccine hesitancy". The investigators will conduct follow up surveys following the intervention to assess change in attitude and follow immunization rates through 18 month well visit.

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Key information

Conditions

Vaccine Hesitancy Behavior Health Behavior Treatment Adherence and Compliance Treatment Refusal Vaccination Hesitancy Vaccination Refusal

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Franklin Pediatric Associates, Franklin, Tennessee, United States

About this study

The intervention is a 8 minute video addressing common concerns that have been reported by vaccine hesitant parents. The video includes an expert in pediatric infectious diseases answering these common questions as well as 3 parental accounts of children who contracted vaccine preventable diseases. Also, the interventional group will be provided with two handouts: one listed information on how parents can find accurate vaccine information on the internet, and another that addresses more common concerns of vaccine hesitant parents and available for our use from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Center website.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

> 18 years old for parent
< 30 days old for infant
full term (>37 weeks gestational age) infant

Exclusion criteria

none

Treatment and study plan

Video intervention along with educational hand out

Other

The interventional group will be shown an 8 minute video addressing common concerns of vaccine hesitant parents. Then, they will be provided with a handout describing how to find accurate vaccine information on the internet and a handout on more common questions from vaccine hesitant parents.

Primary outcomes

Change in parental attitude regarding vaccines

Time frame: 6-8 weeks

Parental attitudes regarding vaccines will be assessed upon screening to determine the parental level of hesitancy regarding childhood vaccines. We will will use the same survey questions again immediately after the intervention and at the 2 month visit to measure change in parental attitude. We will also survey the control group at the 2 month check as well to compare attitude change without the intervention.

Secondary outcomes

Vaccination rates of control and interventional groups

Time frame: 6-8 weeks, 19 months

Vaccination rates will be compared between groups at both 2 months of age and 19 months of age.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Vanderbilt University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2014
First posted: Jun 30, 2011
Registry last updated: Apr 3, 2015

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