Immunization Delivery in Obstetrics and Gynecology Settings

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Immunization Status Among Obstetrics and Gynecology Patients

Treatments: Behavioral: Multimodal Vaccine Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01565135

11-1149

U01IP000501 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a multimodal immunization program carried out in obstetrics and gynecology (ob/gyn) practices would be more effective in improving ob/gyn patients' immunization rates, specifically for Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis), HPV (Human papilloma virus), and influenza vaccines, than the usual care provided to patients in ob/gyn practices.

Enrollment: 97,087 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. 15 years of age or older when presenting for care
2. Patients who present for care one year prior to the start of the intervention and up to 21 months after the start of the intervention

Exclusion criteria

1. less than 15 years of age when presenting for care
2. patient is not eligible for any immunizations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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97,087 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Practices

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention offices will adopt a multimodal vaccine program to increase their patients' vaccine rates.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Multimodal Vaccine Program

Control Practices

No Intervention group

Description:

Control offices will offer usual health care related to immunizations throughout the duration of the study.