Influenza Vaccine Attitudes, Intent, and Receipt: Pediatric

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Influenza vaccine is recommended as routine care for all individuals who are at least 6 months of age and older. Recently, questions about vaccine safety and concerns for side effects have increased, contributing to both influenza vaccine hesitancy and refusal. In an effort to educate parents and patients, public health entities and physicians give informational handouts in various forms. However, recent publications have found that pro-vaccine messages can have paradoxical effects on vaccine intentions, therefore further studies on vaccine related public health communication is needed. Few, if any, studies have analyzed the relationship between influenza vaccine attitudes and intention with actual vaccine receipt in the pediatric population. These results will help to understand the relationship between parent's vaccine perception and the intent to vaccinate versus the child's receipt of the influenza vaccine, as well as to optimize educational information given to families regarding the influenza vaccine.

Official Title
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Influenza Vaccine Attitudes, Intent, and Receipt

Conditions
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Vaccination, Influenza

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Local educational information
* Behavioral: National educational information


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Age at least 6 months Exclusion Criteria: Receipt of influenza vaccination that season

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 6 Months

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Local educational data<br>Local-based educational handout | Behavioral: Local educational information<br>* Participants in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on local educational information.<br>|
| Experimental: National educational data<br>National-based educational handout | Behavioral: National educational information<br>* Participants in this arm receive educational information regarding influenza vaccination based on national educational information.<br>|
| No Intervention: Usual care<br>No educational information other than provided as usual care by health care providers | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of children who receive influenza vaccination on day of intervention | Receipt of influenza vaccination by the child on the day of the educational intervention | Day 0 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of children who receive influenza vaccination during the influenza vaccine season | Receipt of influenza vaccination by the child by April 2017 | Up to 7 months | 
| Number of parents who anticipate influenza vaccination during the influenza vaccine season | Parents report planned receipt of influenza vaccination by themselves by April 2017 | Up to 7 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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influenza, vaccination