Increasing Vaccine Uptake Among Adolescents in the Rural South (INVEST)

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vaccine Hesitancy

Treatments: Other: INVEST

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04999267

Pro00101137

Details and patient eligibility

About

The benefits of adolescent vaccines are well known for preventing meningococcal infection and human papillomavirus (HPV)-related pre-cancerous lesions. Yet, many adolescents in the United States (US) remain under-vaccinated, with vaccination rates among rural adolescents significantly lower than among their urban peers. In addition, there are urban-rural disparities in the coverage of HPV vaccine, particularly in Southern states like North and South Carolina, which currently fall below the Healthy People 2020 goal of ≥80% coverage. The goal of the proposed study is to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a school-based intervention for increasing vaccine uptake among adolescents in rural North and South Carolina.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Any public middle school in Cherokee County, South Carolina or Rockingham County, North Carolina school districts

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2 participants in 1 patient group

INVEST Intervention School Districts

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: INVEST