Evaluation of the School Kids Influenza Prevention Project (SKIPP)

March 9, 2018 updated by: Stanley J Schaffer, MD, University of Rochester

Evaluation of a Text Based Reminder Recall System to Increase Utilization of the School Kids Influenza Prevention Project and Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates in Monroe County, NY

Children whose parents receive text reminders are more likely to be consented to participate in the school located influenza vaccination clinic than children whose parents do not receive text reminders.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

18540

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • New York
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
        • University of Rochester Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

4 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- Enrolled in the urban school district

Exclusion Criteria:

- Attends a school in the urban district containing a school-based health center

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: SLIV + usual communication
Parents receive usual communication from school (paper consent packets & automated voice mails) about SLIV
Active Comparator: SLIV + usual communication + text
Parents receive usual communication from school (paper consent packets & automated voice mails) about SLIV plus a series of text messages informing them about the usual communication for SLIV
Three text messages will be sent to 50% of the parents, scheduled around the standard methods of communication

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Influenza vaccination status
Time Frame: Through January, 2018
Vaccination status for the 2017/2018 influenza season will be assessed. The vaccination date will be recorded, as well as the provider name, to determine whether vaccine was received at the school-located influenza clinic
Through January, 2018

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Stanley Schaffer, MD, University of Rochester

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 4, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 22, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

December 22, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 5, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 11, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

October 12, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 12, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 9, 2018

Last Verified

March 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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