Trial reportHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2018
Impact of a website based educational program for increasing vaccination coverage among adolescents.
Trial report in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Estimating the effects of interventions on increasing vaccination: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Catch-Up Vaccination Interventions Versus Standard or Usual Care Procedures in Increasing Adherence to Recommended Vaccinations Among Different Age Groups: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Before-After Studies.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions to promote HPV vaccination globally.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Improving vaccination uptake among adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy among adolescents: a cluster-randomized trial.Nature human behaviour · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of a School- and Primary Care-Based HPV Vaccination Intervention: The PrevHPV Cluster Randomized Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Exploring mechanisms of a web-based values-tailored childhood vaccine promotion intervention trial: Effects on parental vaccination values, attitudes, and intentions.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2022Trial
- A school-based educational on-site vaccination intervention for adolescents in an urban area in Germany: feasibility and psychometric properties of instruments in a pilot study.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Uptake of Shingles, Influenza, COVID-19 and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Three-Centre Study.Vaccines · 2026Article
- Successful Interventions to Improve Pediatric Vaccine Uptake in Hesitant Cohorts: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Predictors of parental acceptance to live attenuated influenza vaccine for children.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Could be better: adolescent access to health information and care.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Review
- The Effectiveness of Interventions Targeting Adolescents in HPV Vaccination-A Scoping Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Progress and Challenges in Measles and Rubella Elimination in the WHO European Region.Vaccines · 2024Article
- E-health roadmap for COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Iran.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Data regarding the use of technology to improve adolescent knowledge on vaccines are scarce. The main aim of this study was to evaluate whether different web-based educational programmes for adolescents might increase their vaccination coverage. Overall, 917 unvaccinated adolescents (389 males, 42.4%; mean age ± standard deviation, 14.0 ± 2.2 years) were randomized 1:1:1 into the following groups: no intervention (n = 334), website educational program only (n = 281), or website plus face to face lesson (n = 302) groups. The use of the website plus the lesson significantly increased the overall knowledge of various aspects of vaccine-preventable disease and reduced the fear of vaccines (p < 0.001). A significant increase in vaccination coverage was observed for tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis and conjugated meningococcal ACYW vaccines in the 2 groups using the website (p < 0.001), and better results were observed in the group that had also received the lesson; in this last group, significant results were observed in the increase in vaccination coverage for meningococcal B vaccine (p < 0.001). Overall, the majority of the participants liked the experience of the website, although they considered it important to further discuss vaccines with parents, experts and teachers. This study is the first to evaluate website based education of adolescents while considering all of the vaccines recommended for this age group. Our results demonstrate the possibility of increasing vaccination coverage by using a website based educational program with tailored information. However, to be most effective, this program should be supplemented with face-to-face discussions of vaccines at school and at home. Thus, specific education should also include teachers and parents so that they will be prepared to discuss with adolescents what is true and false in the vaccination field.
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