NCT07164144

SAVE: School Ambassadors for Vaccine Education

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 6,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Rochester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Influenza is associated with millions of cases of school absenteeism due to illness, hundreds of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths in the U.S. each year, which can be greatly reduced with influenza vaccination. The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn if training school personnel in vaccine communication techniques and equipping schools with vaccine promotional materials targeting students and their parents/guardians increases the influenza vaccination rates of the student population within participating schools. The main question it aims to answer is: -Will flu vaccination rates be higher in intervention schools compared to control schools by the end of the intervention period? Participating schools will: * Have select school personnel (school nurses, coaches, teachers, etc.) complete an online training module and optional training workshop focused on vaccine communication \[intervention arm only\] * Utilize vaccine promotional materials (posters, flyers, digital files for social media, etc.) provided by the study team during flu season \[intervention arm only\] * Track student vaccination rates \[intervention + control arm\]

Conditions

• Influenza Vaccination

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Vaccine Communication Training	School personnel receive vaccine communication training + promotional materials

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-01
• Primary completion: 2027-08-01
• Completion: 2027-09-01
• First posted: 2025-09-09
• Last updated: 2026-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States