Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using an mHealth Tool (MoVeUP)
Learn more about the MoVeUp study HERE.
This study is completed.
Questions
Questions about ECHO's involvement in the MoVeUP Study can be directed to the Program Office.
MoVeUP Qualitative Study
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using mHealth Tools: A Qualitative Study
Study Design:
Researchers conducted a series of key informant and focus group interviews with a limited number of parents who had already established strong opinions as to whether to vaccinate their child against COVID-19 (vaccine acceptors and refusers). Focus groups were conducted with a greater number of parents who were still deciding (vaccine hesitant). More vaccine hesitant than acceptors or refusers were interviewed in focus groups because the vaccine hesitant are the primary target of the eventual mHealth tool that this preliminary study intends to inform; nonetheless, eventual education and support of the vaccine hesitant requires some understanding of decision drivers among acceptors and refusers.
This qualitative study was used to generate audience-specific messaging on the mHealth tool that was then tailored to address typical COVID-19 vaccination knowledge and motivational gaps as well as logistical barriers among rural and underserved African American, White, and Hispanic parents, respectively.
MoVeUP Quantitative App Study
Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using an mHealth Tool: a Randomized, Controlled Trial
Study Summary:
This study determined the effectiveness of a vaccine communication mobile health app on parental decisions to vaccinate their children against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
This multi-site, parallel, randomized, controlled trial assigned parents/caregivers of children eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine seen at participating clinics to receive either the mHealth Vaccine Uptake app or the General Health app containing general infection and child health topics. Randomization was stratified by site using a permuted block design with varying block size. Outcome was receipt of COVID-19 vaccine by the parents’/caregivers’ children.
The primary objective was to determine the effect of a parent-facing, vaccination decision-making mobile health (mHealth) tool on children's COVID-19 vaccine series completion. The endpoint of this objective is the proportion of children who complete COVID-19 vaccination, as verified in state, clinic, or participant-held records.
The study population was custodial parents/caregivers with ≥1 child eligible for COVID-19 vaccination who has not yet received the vaccine at the time of study enrollment.
The study ended for participants after they reached 27 weeks of enrollment and either completed their 24-week assessment or failed to complete it by week 27.
Investigators
Paul Darden, MD
Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
James Roberts, MD, MPH
Qualitative Study
Russell J. McCulloh, MD
Quantitative Study
Ellen Kerns, PhD, MPH
Quantitative Study
List of MoVeUP Sites and Funded Institutions
Additional information for the participating sites can be found here.
| AR | Arkansas |
| DE | Delaware |
| HI | Hawaii |
| KS | Kansas |
| KY | Kentucky |
| LA | Louisiana |
| MS | Mississippi |
| NE | Nebraska |
| NH | New Hampshire |
| NM | New Mexico |
| OK | Oklahoma |
| RI | Rhode Island |
| SC | South Carolina |
| SD | South Dakota |
| WV | West Virginia |