Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using an mHealth Tool (MoVeUP)
COVID-19 Vaccines, Telemedicine, Vaccine Hesitancy
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for COVID-19 Vaccines focused on measuring COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccination, Pediatric COVID-19 vaccination, mobile health, mHealth
Eligibility Criteria
Parent/Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
- Age of majority, as defined by the state of residency
- Access to a mobile device that can store and run the study app for 24 weeks. Devices that can run the app include mobile phones and tablets running Android or iOS operating systems
- Able to speak and read in English or Spanish
- Be a parent/caregiver with primary medical decision-making and legal authority to consent to vaccination decisions for at least one child who meets the child inclusion criteria
Child Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 6 months to less than age of majority, as defined by the child's state of residence
- Has not received any doses of COVID-19 vaccine based on parent/caregiver report
- Eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Patient at a participating clinic
Parent/Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:
- Has only a child or children with known contraindication to all COVID-19 vaccines
- Has only a child or children whose other parent/caregiver is already a current or past participant in the study
- Has a child or children enrolled in any other COVID-19 vaccine study of any kind
- Past or present participation in a COVID-19 vaccine or behavioral trial
- Has a cognitive impairment that limits their ability to engage with the app content and/or make medical decisions regarding vaccination, based on the site investigator's assessment and local human subjects research policies
Child Exclusion Criteria:
- Not a patient of a participating clinic
- Prior receipt of least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
- Receiving or scheduled to receive COVID-19 vaccination at the time of parental consent
- Known medical contraindication to all COVID-19 vaccines
- Ineligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Prior or current participation in a COVID-19 vaccine study of any kind
Sites / Locations
- Arkansas Children's Research Institute
- Nemours Children's Health
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Norton Children's Research Institute
- Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic
- University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Avera Research Institute
- West Virginia University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Vaccine Uptake App
General Health App
24-week (8 weeks with weekly push notifications; 2 monthly push notifications for 2 months [1 notification per month]; 8 weeks without) exposure to a mobile phone application (app) designed to improve parental knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy regarding pediatric COVID-19 vaccination. The app will address logistical and motivational barriers to pediatric COVID-19 vaccination. Participants will also receive eight weekly nudges and 1 monthly nudge for 2 months (cues to action) regarding vaccinating their child that will be sent to participants via push notifications to their mobile devices. Through branching logic, users will access content tailored to their COVID-19 vaccine knowledge and confidence gaps, locality, degree of rural-urban primary residence, primary language (English/Spanish), race/ethnicity, and child's age.
24-week (8 with weekly push notifications; 2 monthly push notifications for 2 months [1 notification per month]; 8 weeks without) exposure to a mobile phone app designed to provide information on general pediatric health and infection prevention and mitigation strategies based on recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eight weekly nudges and 1 monthly nudge for 2 months regarding these topics will be sent to participants via push notifications to their mobile devices.