CATCH-UP vaccines: protocol for a randomized controlled trial using the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework to evaluate education interventions to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Oklahoma

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1146 - 11
• Main Authors: Janitz, Amanda E., Neil, Jordan M., Bray, Laura A., Jervis, Lori L., Ross, Laura, Campbell, Janis E., Doescher, Mark P., Spicer, Paul G., Williams, Mary L., Lopez, April K., Uribe-Frias, Conce A., Chen, Sixia, James, Judith A., VanWagoner, Timothy M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.06.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Clinical trials; Collaboration; Communication; Community; Community involvement; Community-engaged intervention; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 diagnostic tests; COVID-19 Testing; COVID-19 Vaccines; Demographic aspects; Design optimization; Education; Educational materials; Evaluation; Factorial design; Focus groups; Health care disparities; Humans; Immunization; Intervention; Leadership; Multiphase; Multiphase optimization strategy; Oklahoma - epidemiology; Optimization; Pandemics; Public health; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Rural areas; Rural health; Rural health care; Rural health disparities; Social aspects; Study Protocol; Underserved communities; Underserved populations; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines; Oklahoma; United States; United States > US; COVID-19; Community-engaged intervention; Vaccine hesitancy; Underserved communities; Rural health disparities; Multiphase optimization strategy

Oklahoma's cumulative COVID-19 incidence is higher in rural than urban counties and higher than the overall US incidence. Furthermore, fewer Oklahomans have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine compared to the US average. Our goal is to conduct a randomized controlled trial using the multipha...