Pediatric Vaccinations

NYU Langone Health

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Immunization; Vaccination; Pediatric ALL

Treatments: Behavioral: Text messaging

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04936776

QI- Pediatric Vaccinations

Details and patient eligibility

About

As the Covid-19 pandemic hit New York City in the spring of 2020, many families were home-bound due to the city-wide lockdown. As a result, families in New York City were unable to attend their child's healthcare appointments and many young children did not receive their regularly-scheduled vaccinations. Parts of the city-wide lockdown did eventually lift in the summer of 2020 as positive Covid-19 virus rates declined in NYC. However, regularly scheduled vaccination rates (non-Covid-related) remain low. Yet, it is critical that young children receive their mandatory vaccines in a timely manner to decrease the chance of contracting preventable illnesses. Thus, the investigators seek to increase vaccination rates among children ages 0-2 years in Sunset Park Brooklyn.

Enrollment: 1,203 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 2 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children ages 0-2 years with delayed vaccinations (due for vaccine and due soon) in NYU Brooklyn Family Health Centers network.

Exclusion criteria

• Children above the age of 2 who do not attend NYU Brooklyn Family Health Centers network

Trial design

1,203 participants in 3 patient groups

Text message 1

Description:

Text messaging frame = safety and cleanness of clinic site. Text parents of children 0-2 years old who are due and due soon for a vaccine across the entire NYU-Brooklyn Family Health Center network.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text messaging

Text message 2

Description:

Text messaging frame = importance of vaccines. Text parents of children 0-2 years old who are due and due soon for a vaccine across the entire NYU-Brooklyn Family Health Center network.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text messaging

No text message

Description:

No text sent.