An online community peer support intervention to promote COVID-19 vaccine information among essential workers: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaccine hesitancy is still rampant in the United States, including health care personnel. Vaccination of frontline essential workers (e.g. health care workers) is very important, especially during a pandemic. We tested the efficacy of a 4-week online, peer-led intervention (Harnessing Online Peer Education) to promote requests for COVID-19 vaccine information among essential workers.

Methods

Participants (N = 120) and peer leaders (N = 12) were recruited through online advertisements from July 23 to August 20, 2021. Eligibility criteria included: 18 years or older, U.S. resident, English speaker, part of phase 1a or 1 b of COVID-19 vaccine rollout (e.g. frontline essential workers), hadn't received a COVID-19 vaccine but able to receive one. This w

SUBMITTER: Ugarte DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9629065 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature