Pragmatic cluster randomised control trial using Vaxcards as an age-appropriate tool to incentivise and educate school students about vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This trial aimed to determine if return rates of consent forms for vaccination could be improved when Vaxcards were offered as an incentive to school children.

Setting

Nineteen schools in South East Melbourne participated.

Interventions

Students in the experimental arm received a pack of Vaxcards when they returned their government consent form.

Outcome measures

Return of 'yes' consent forms for vaccination as part of a local government council vaccine programme was the primary outcome of this trial. Return rates were compared between the intervention and control schools and with historical return rates.

Results

Secondary school students (N=3087) from 19 schools participated. Compared with historical returns, a small global reduction in 'yes' r

SUBMITTER: Epstein D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413930 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature