NCT01224301

School Influenza Vaccine vs Standard of Care With Nested Trial of 2 Parent Notification Intensities

Monroe COunty School Kids Influenza Prevention Project

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25,366 (actual)
• Sponsor: Monroe County Department of Public Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Purpose of the study. The purpose of the project is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and cost effectiveness of providing influenza vaccine in schools to children in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. Hypothesis 1: School based influenza vaccination (SIV) will increase the overall rate of influenza vaccination in school children. Hypothesis 2: Higher intensity parent notification about school based influenza vaccination does not increase immunization rates compared to low intensity. Hypothesis 3: School based vaccination from the perspective of mass vaccinators is cost neutral.

Detailed description

Background. The ACIP (American Committee on Immunization Practices) has now recommended influenza vaccination for all children 6 months to 18 years of age. While many school-aged children will be vaccinated in the medical home, the large number of children for whom the vaccine is now recommended exceeds the capacity of many primary care settings. Schools have been recommended as potential sites for influenza vaccination, yet little is known about the feasibility, implementation requirements, costs, or effectiveness of school-based influenza vaccination (SIV) programs. This project will implement and rigorously evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, billing and reimbursement components, costs, cost-effectiveness, and overall effectiveness of an SIV program that targets diverse populations and different intensity of interventions.

Conditions

• Immunizations
• Vaccination
• Influenza
• School Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	School based flu vaccine: Low intensity	Interventions: Parents of children in Low Intensity Notification schools got less than 3 communications from schools describing influenza vaccine and the clinics, and consent forms sent home one.
BEHAVIORAL	School based flu vaccine: High intensity	Interventions: Parents in high intensity schools have 3 or more communications from schools about influenza illness, influenza vaccine, and school based clinics.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2010-10-20
• Last updated: 2012-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States