NCT04761692

Increasing COVID-19, Influenza, and Pneumonia Vaccine Uptake

Improving Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake Among Underresourced African American and Latinx Older Adults: A Multidisciplinary and Culturally Based Training Program for Minority Churches

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This proposed study seeks to community knowledge and understand the experience of underserved communities in the exploration of reducing health disparities and increasing vaccine uptake and acceptability COVID-19, influenza, and pneumonia for AA and Latinx populations. Unique in its design, it has the following characteristics: 1) multifaceted, 2) culturally tailored, 3) community-based, and 4) mixed methods in which the outcomes of interest will be measured before and after the intervention with 18-month interval. Furthermore, we seek to enhance our partnerships and collaborations with churches in South Los Angeles by supporting efforts to encourage COVID-19, influenza, and pneumonia vaccination uptake among underserved minorities in one of the most challenged and hard-to-reach population areas in the nation.

Detailed description

This study seeks to augment community knowledge and increase vaccine uptake among under-resourced African American and Latinx communities in South LA via leveraging trusted church leaders, educators and influencers to delivering COVID-19, influenza, and pneumonia education on vaccination. Unique in its design, this study has the following characteristics, beneficial to the acceptability and success of the proposal, it is: 1) multifaceted, 2) culturally tailored, and 3) community-based, in which the outcomes of interest will be compared longitudinally between arms 1-3, including measurement before and after the intervention with 9- and 18-month interval.

Conditions

• Covid19
• Influenza
• Pneumonia
• Vaccine Refusal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Full VEPMP Intervention	Delivery of intrapersonal/interpersonal (i.e., motivational interviewing, vaccine educators, personal testimony, etc.), AND organizational (i.e., church-based sponsored events, seminars, web/online activities, bulletin inserts, etc.)
BEHAVIORAL	Partial VEPMP Intervention	Delivery of iAND organizational (i.e., church-based sponsored events, seminars, web/online activities, bulletin inserts, etc.)
BEHAVIORAL	Delayed VEPMP Intervention	Delayed implementation of delivery of intrapersonal/interpersonal AND organizational after 1 year of study start

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-01
• Primary completion: 2026-10-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2021-02-21
• Last updated: 2022-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States