MivacunaLA (MyshotLA): A Community-Partnered Mobile Phone Intervention to Improve COVID-19 Vaccination Behaviors among Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking, and Immigrant Latino Parents or Caregivers.

Autor: Castellon-Lopez YM; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA., Klomhaus AM; Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA., Garcia C; School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, USA., Marquez D; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA., Avila H; Families in Schools, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA., Gravette H; Innovate Public Schools, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA., Lopez-Chang R; GPSN, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA., Ortega B; InnerCity Struggle, Los Angeles, CA 90023, USA., Norris KC; Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA., Brown AF; Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.; Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, USA., Blanco L; School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Vaccines [Vaccines (Basel)] 2024 May 08; Vol. 12 (5). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 08.
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12050511
Abstrakt: We developed and tested MivacunaLA/MyshotLA, a community-informed mobile phone intervention, to increase COVID-19 vaccination among Latino parents/caretakers of minors in under-resourced areas of Los Angeles by addressing misinformation and building trust. We recruited Latino parents/caregivers with at least one unvaccinated child in East and South Los Angeles in the summer of 2021 and evaluated MivacunaLA as a randomized controlled trial with a wait-list control group. A difference-in-difference analysis showed Latino parents/caregivers that participated in MivacunaLA ( n = 246), in comparison to the control group, were 15 percentage points more likely ( p = 0.04) to report vaccination of minors aged 12-17 years, and 12 percentage points more likely ( p = 0.03) to report a positive intention to vaccinate minors aged 2-11 years (when COVID-19 vaccines became available). Mobile phone-delivered digital interventions using videos and culturally tailored educational material to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence can be an effective way to combat misinformation and deliver timely information to marginalized communities. Community-based participatory research approaches are crucial to advance health equity among minority communities, especially immigrant Spanish-speaking underserved communities.
Databáze: MEDLINE