School-located Influenza Vaccination Clinics for Adolescents (SKIPP RCT2)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Influenza Vaccination; School-located Influenza Vaccination

Treatments: Other: School-located Influenza Vaccination

Study type: Interventional

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

Identifiers

NCT03137667

5R18HS021163-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

A cluster-randomized trial (clustering by school) was conducted in Monroe County, NY. Twenty middle and high schools were paired based on several characteristics and randomized within pairs to receiving a school-based influenza vaccination clinic or not (control).

Full description

The overarching goal of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of offering school-based influenza vaccination clinics during school hours on influenza vaccination rates. A cluster-randomized trial (clustering by school) was conducted in Monroe County, NY. Twenty middle and high schools were paired based on several characteristics including urban/suburban,school grade-span (6-8th, 9-12th), school size, percent of students eligible for free or reduced school lunch, and influenza vaccination rates in the previous season among students in the school. School were randomized within pairs, with one school offering a school-based influenza vaccination clinic or and one school not offering the clinic (control).

Enrollment: 17,650 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently enrolled students of a participating school

Exclusion criteria

• Not a currently enrolled student of a participating school

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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17,650 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No school-located influenza vaccination clinic

School-located Influenza Vaccination

Experimental group

Description:

Children in intervention schools were offered a chance to receive influenza vaccination at a school-located influenza vaccination clinic, if their parent or legal guardian provided permission

Treatment:

Other: School-located Influenza Vaccination