COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Counseling Intervention for Pharmacists: A Stepped-Wedge Trial

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study ID
NCT06547814
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Standard implementation webinar and online training — BEHAVIORAL
    The one-hour webinar (either live or pre-recorded) will include updated information about the COVID-19 virus, variant nomenclature, vaccine eligibility, mechanisms of action, and outcomes. The 30-minute online training addresses how to communicate about COVID-19 vaccinations, presents a 5-step process for initiating conversations, includes example verbiage about how to address specific concerns, and has example videos that show how to implement the 5-step process with vaccine hesitant patients.
  • Virtual facilitation — BEHAVIORAL
    This intervention involves a 30-minute virtual facilitation site visit and at least 8, 30-minute virtual facilitator coaching sessions. The virtual site visit over Zoom will establish the personnel and workflows at each pharmacy and allow the facilitator to establish rapport. Weekly Zoom calls will allow the virtual facilitator to work with a participant to review overall implementation challenges associated with approaching patients, delivering the intervention, and documenting results. Lastly, either the facilitator or the participant can request and schedule a Zoom call to go over any pressing implementation issue in need of rapid attention (e.g., technical difficulties with the website).

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to test if virtual facilitation (e.g., video coaching) increases rural pharmacists' ability to implement COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy counseling when compared to a "standard" implementation approach (e.g., training and dissemination of implementation support tools) in rural pharmacies. The main question it aims to answer is if virtual facilitation improves fidelity to a newly developed vaccine hesitancy counseling intervention when compared to standard implementation. All participants will begin in the standard implementation condition, where they will complete a webinar on COVID-19 vaccinations and a 30-minute online training on vaccine hesitancy communication. After standard implementation, they will switch to the virtual facilitation condition where they will be assigned a virtual coach to help them with implementing the intervention. There will be six fidelity observations per each 8-week intervention period to determine whether pharmacists are implementing the intervention as intended. Researchers will compare fidelity between the standard and virtual facilitation conditions.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 5, 2024
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Mar 7, 2025
Completion
Apr 1, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
20 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Standard implementation (Stage 1)
    Participants begin with the standard implementation interventions for 8-16 weeks, depending on random block assignment.
  • Experimental: Virtual facilitation (Stage 2)
    After completing the standard implementation, participants then complete the virtual facilitation intervention for 8-16 weeks, depending on random block assignment.

Primary Outcome Measure

Mean Fidelity Score [ Time Frame: From baseline through the end of the virtual facilitation periods, up to 24 weeks maximum. ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIP
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina27599

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