Bing Wang, Prabha Andraweera, Margaret Danchin, Christopher C Blyth, Ivo Vlaev, Jason Ong, Jodie M Dodd, Jennifer Couper, Thomas R Sullivan, Jonathan Karnon, Nicola Spurrier, Michael Cusack, Dylan Mordaunt, Dimi Simatos, Gustaaf Dekker, Samantha Carlson, Jane Tuckerman, Nicholas Wood, Lisa J Whop, Helen Marshall
INTRODUCTION: Children with chronic medical diseases are at an unacceptable risk of hospitalisation and death from influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections. Over the past two decades, behavioural scientists have learnt how to design non-coercive 'nudge' interventions to encourage positive health behaviours. Our study aims to evaluate the impact of multicomponent nudge interventions on the uptake of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines in medically at-risk children. METHODS AND ANALYSES: Two separate randomised controlled trials (RCTs), each with 1038 children, will enrol a total of approximately 2076 children with chronic medical conditions who are attending tertiary hospitals in South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria...
February 17, 2024: BMJ Open