An Experiment Comparing Public Reactions to the Labels "Community Immunity" Versus "Herd Immunity".

NCT07102472 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 350

Last updated 2025-08-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Participants are shown a scenario consisting of static images from a previous study ("herdimm") showing a visualization of how herd immunity works. Participants are randomized to see the text with the term "herd immunity" or "community immunity."

Conditions

  • Attitudes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Using the term "community immunity" instead of "herd immunity"

In the intervention arm, participants are shown the less traditional term "community immunity" in place of the more traditional "herd immunity"

BEHAVIORAL

Herd immunity

Using the traditional term "herd immunity"

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laval University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-22
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-08-31

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