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Novel strategies to improve protection for pregnant women and medically at risk children from influenza and COVID-19

  • Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
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Grant number: GA239096

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19, Unspecified

  • Start & end year

    2022
    2025

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $736,894.87

  • Funder

    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    Australia

  • Lead Research Institution

    The University of Adelaide

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Vaccine/Therapeutic/ treatment hesitancy

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)Children (1 year to 12 years)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Pregnant women

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Pregnant women and children with chronic medical conditions are at increased risk of hospitalisation, intensive care admission and death from influenza and COVID-19 infections. However, there appears to be a high level of vaccine hesitancy among women of reproductive age. We will develop ââ'¬Å"nudgeââ'¬Â interventions to improve influenza and COVID vaccine uptake among pregnant women and medically at risk children and test the effectiveness of the interventions using randomised controlled trials.