Trial reportPediatrics2017
Web-based Social Media Intervention to Increase Vaccine Acceptance: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social media-based interventions for improving vaccine uptake, reducing hesitancy, and combating misinformation: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of RCT.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Social Media as an Effective Provider of Quality-Assured and Accurate Information to Increase Vaccine Rates: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Behavioral interventions for vaccination uptake: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Pooled it
- Vaccine hesitancy and behavior change theory-based social media interventions: a systematic review.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics of Antivaccine Messages on Social Media: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Debunking COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with an audio drama in Ghana, a randomized control trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Say it right: measuring the impact of different communication strategies on the decision to get vaccinated.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Effect of a mobile app chatbot and an interactive small-group webinar on COVID-19 vaccine intention and confidence in Japan: a randomised controlled trial.BMJ global health · 2023Trial
- Does Exposure to Pediatrician or Parent Blog Content Influence Infant Safe Sleep Practices?Maternal and child health journal · 2023Trial
- MomsTalkShots, tailored educational app, improves vaccine attitudes: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2022Trial
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- Social Media Vaccine Websites: A Comparative Analysis of Public and Moderated Websites.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2019Trial
- Addressing Parents' Vaccine Concerns: A Randomized Trial of a Social Media Intervention.American journal of preventive medicine · 2018Trial
- Successful Interventions to Improve Pediatric Vaccine Uptake in Hesitant Cohorts: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Preparing for future pandemics: A qualitative exploration of social media in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Evaluating a WeChat-Based Intervention to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Among Chinese University Students Residing in the United Kingdom: Controlled, Quasi-Experimental, Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Mobile Phone Text Message Reminders to Improve Vaccination Uptake: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Vaccines · 2024Review
- Social media use and vaccination among Democrats and Republicans: Informational and normative influences.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundInterventions to address vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccine acceptance are needed. This study sought to determine if a Web-based, social media intervention increases early childhood immunization.
methodsA 3-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted in Colorado from September 2013 to July 2016. Participants were pregnant women, randomly assigned (3:2:1) to a Web site with vaccine information and interactive social media components (VSM), a Web site with vaccine information (VI), or usual care (UC). Vaccination was assessed in infants of participants from birth to age 200 days. The primary outcome was days undervaccinated, measured as a continuous and dichotomous variable.
resultsInfants of 888 participants were managed for 200 days. By using a nonparametric rank-based analysis, mean ranks for days undervaccinated were significantly lower in the VSM arm versus UC (
conclusionsProviding Web-based vaccine information with social media applications during pregnancy can positively influence parental vaccine behaviors.
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