Stopped: National Institutes of Health terminated funding on March 10, 2025.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted health disparities, Black children have unduly suffered and died from seasonal influenza for decades. Through sustained partnership with Black community stakeholders, novel community-engaged research methods, and an innovative intervention approach, this proposal will explore, develop, and test a Digital Storytelling intervention to reduce influenza vaccination disparities in Black children aged 6 months to 5 years. This project will advance our understanding of engagement methods and interventions that improve health equity and serve as a model for future work to address vaccination disparities, ensuring all individuals have the chance to fulfill their potential free of preventable diseases.
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Child influenza vaccination status at influenza season's end (defined as March 31, 2025 for season 1 and March 31, 2026 for season 2 if a 2nd season of recruitment is necessary)
Timeframe: Baseline, up to 1 year