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Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Developing Countries (Bihar)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Vaccination Refusal
Interventions
Behavioral: Incentives to be vaccinated
Device: Mask
Behavioral: Vaccination made more convenient
Behavioral: Encouragement to wear a mask
Behavioral: Social mobilization campaign to be vaccinated
Registration Number
NCT05225064
Lead Sponsor
Yale University
Brief Summary

Working with governments in Bihar, India, we will evaluate a number of mechanisms to increase vaccine uptake. These include household vaccination visits instead of community vaccination clinic.monetary and non-monetary incentives, and concurrent mask promotion. This ClinicalTrials entry contains results only for the study in Bihar.

Detailed Description

The goal of the study is to identify strategies that best promote and support COVID vaccine uptake in developing countries, we propose to test a range of scalable social and behavioural interventions. This could help policy makers design and employ interventions that are effective. This is especially valuable in resource constrained contexts where funds and institutional resources can be diverted towards interventions that have proven to work.

In Bihar the intervention will be village-level social mobilization involving community promotion, including in-person vaccine reinforcement, and household-level social mobilization. Some treatment villages will receive household- level interventions with varying intensity (different proportion of households will be visited). There will also an accompanying mask distribution campaign during household visits where the importance of mask-wearing as a complement to vaccine use will be explained.

This ClinicalTrials entry contains results only for the study in Bihar.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
114512
Inclusion Criteria
  • Lives in study village
Exclusion Criteria
  • Does not live in study village

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Household-level vaccination with monetary or no incentiveIncentives to be vaccinatedHousehold-level vaccination with monetary incentive or no incentive. Villages are cross-randomized to grocery coupon or no incentive upon receiving vaccination
Village-level vaccination without incentive, plus mask promotionMaskIndividuals are encourage to attend village-level vaccine clinics but not given any incentive. Mask distribution and reinforcement activities are conducted in villages at a similar time as vaccine promotion.
Village-level vaccine clinics with monetary, non-monetary, or no incentiveVaccination made more convenientVillage-level vaccine clinics with monetary, non-monetary, or no incentive. Villages are cross-randomized to grocery coupon, food ration, no incentive, or grocery coupon to both community member and community health worker after the community member has received a vaccination.
Village-level vaccine clinics with monetary, non-monetary, or no incentiveSocial mobilization campaign to be vaccinatedVillage-level vaccine clinics with monetary, non-monetary, or no incentive. Villages are cross-randomized to grocery coupon, food ration, no incentive, or grocery coupon to both community member and community health worker after the community member has received a vaccination.
Household-level vaccination with monetary or no incentiveSocial mobilization campaign to be vaccinatedHousehold-level vaccination with monetary incentive or no incentive. Villages are cross-randomized to grocery coupon or no incentive upon receiving vaccination
Village-level vaccination without incentive, plus mask promotionVaccination made more convenientIndividuals are encourage to attend village-level vaccine clinics but not given any incentive. Mask distribution and reinforcement activities are conducted in villages at a similar time as vaccine promotion.
Village-level vaccination without incentiveVaccination made more convenientIndividuals are encourage to attend village-level vaccine clinics but not given any incentive.
Village-level vaccine clinics with monetary, non-monetary, or no incentiveIncentives to be vaccinatedVillage-level vaccine clinics with monetary, non-monetary, or no incentive. Villages are cross-randomized to grocery coupon, food ration, no incentive, or grocery coupon to both community member and community health worker after the community member has received a vaccination.
Village-level vaccination without incentive, plus mask promotionEncouragement to wear a maskIndividuals are encourage to attend village-level vaccine clinics but not given any incentive. Mask distribution and reinforcement activities are conducted in villages at a similar time as vaccine promotion.
Village-level vaccination without incentive, plus mask promotionSocial mobilization campaign to be vaccinatedIndividuals are encourage to attend village-level vaccine clinics but not given any incentive. Mask distribution and reinforcement activities are conducted in villages at a similar time as vaccine promotion.
Household-level vaccination with monetary or no incentiveVaccination made more convenientHousehold-level vaccination with monetary incentive or no incentive. Villages are cross-randomized to grocery coupon or no incentive upon receiving vaccination
Village-level vaccination without incentiveSocial mobilization campaign to be vaccinatedIndividuals are encourage to attend village-level vaccine clinics but not given any incentive.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percent of individuals who receive the first, second, or third dose of covid vaccineup to 4 weeks (endline may vary depending on estimated uptake rates)

Prevalence of vaccination with difference doses

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Project Concern International

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Patna, Bihar, India

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