Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using an mHealth Tool

Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of a vaccine communication mobile health app on parental decisions to vaccinate their children against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The hypothesis is that unvaccinated children of caregivers assigned to the Vaccine Uptake app will be more likely to achieve COVID-19 vaccine series completion than those children whose caregivers are assigned to the General Health app.

Conditions

• COVID-19 Vaccines
• Telemedicine
• Vaccine Hesitancy
• Pediatric ALL

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake App

A mHealth mobile application (app) that will provide educational and logistical information about the COVID-19 vaccination for children. The target audience will be parents of unvaccinated children.

OTHER

General Health App

A mobile application (app) that will provide general pediatric health and infection prevention and mitigation strategies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Nebraska

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Montana

  collaborator OTHER

• IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network

  lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

• Russell J. McCulloh, MD · University of Nebraska

• Ellen Kerns, PhD · University of Nebraska

• Paul Darden, MD · University of Arkansas

• Songthip T Ounpraseuth, PhD · University of Arkansas

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-07-18

Primary Completion

2023-09-25

Completion

2023-09-25

Countries

• United States

Study Locations