Health Education for COVID-19 Prevention in Early Learning

Overseen By Miriana Duran

Age: < 18

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: University of Washington

Disqualifiers: Not in Yakima program

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: Unknown

50 Participants Needed

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

This is a single arm, pre/post intervention study to a larger trial that will examine the effect of health education with comic books and videos on COVID-19 preventive behaviors (masking, social distancing, testing and vaccine uptake). The participants are students, ages 3-5 years old and their parents.

Research Team

Linda Ko, PhD, MPH

Principal Investigator

University of Washington

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for parents with children aged 3-5 enrolled in the Early Learning Program in Yakima School District. Parents must have a mailing or email address, speak English or Spanish, and be able to give informed consent.

Inclusion Criteria

Must be able to provide informed consent and legal guardian assent either virtually, on the telephone, or in-person

Must have a child attending the Early Learning Program in the Yakima School District

Must have a permanent mailing address available for study staff to mail necessary materials OR a working email address

Exclusion Criteria

Not in Early Learning program in Yakima School District

Timeline

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Intervention

Students receive comic books and parents receive videos on COVID-19 preventive measures

4 months

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for school absenteeism due to symptoms of respiratory illness

5 months

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Health Education

Trial Overview The study tests the impact of health education through comic books and videos on COVID-19 preventive behaviors among young students and their parents.

Participant Groups

Group I: Intervention Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

The students in this arm will receive comic books and their parents videos on the benefits of preventive measures of COVID-19

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of Washington

Lead Sponsor

Trials

1,858

Recruited

2,023,000+

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

Trials

2,103

Recruited

2,760,000+