Improving Uptake of Pediatric Vaccines Through Religious Conferences and Vaccines-in-a-van in Aceh, Indonesia

NCT06160999 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HUM00235620
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this cluster, randomized controlled trial is to study the impact of mobile vaccine clinics and religious conferences on pediatric vaccination coverage. The main questions will be: does vaccination coverage change in geographic areas with the mobile vaccine clinics vs those areas without mobile vaccine clinics; and does vaccination coverage change in geographic areas with religious conferences on vaccination vs those areas without religious conferences. In repeated surveys, adult participants will respond about their children's vaccination status. Participants will not be individually randomized to the interventions. Rather, their geographical area will be randomized.

Conditions

Vaccination

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Full vaccination

  Number of participants fully vaccinated. Full vaccination means 1 dose of BCG; 3 doses of DTP; 3 doses of polio vaccine; 1 dose of measles-containing vaccine

  Records from vaccination cards or clinic records 6 months since the start of the intervention

Study Arms (4)

Religious Conference

EXPERIMENTAL

Clusters will have religious conference.

Behavioral: Religious conferences

Religious Conference control

NO INTERVENTION

Clusters will have not religious conference. Clusters' background characteristics matched to the Conference arm.

Vaccine-in-a-van

EXPERIMENTAL

Clusters will have deployment of a mobile vaccine clinic ("vaccine-in-a-van").

Behavioral: Vaccine-in-a-van

Vaccine-in-a-van control

NO INTERVENTION

Clusters will not have a deployment of a mobile vaccine clinic ("vaccine-in-a-van"). Clusters' background characteristics matched to the Van arm.

Interventions

Religious conferences BEHAVIORAL

The conference will invite local subdistrict-level imams and other religious leaders, along with a range of community health workers, including those not traditionally trained to give vaccines. During the conference there will be some sessions with everyone, and some that are broken down by profession. The conference topics will be developed in conjunction with the religious leaders, but will focus on the importance of infant health

Religious Conference

Vaccine-in-a-van BEHAVIORAL

For the vaccine-in-a-van concept, our community health worker will travel to different areas in the test subdistricts. These locations will be decided on in conjunction with the local health department and the research team's knowledge of the area. We will target areas which would have families with young children, particularly: schools, mosques, and sports fields. The purpose of the van will be to bring vaccines to the community, but also to put a human face (our community health worker) to vaccines outside of a clinical setting.

Vaccine-in-a-van

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adults 18+, and
• Proficient in Bahasa Indonesia, and
• Plan to live in neighborhood for next year
• Parent of child \<5, or
• Planning to have a child within next year

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universitas Syiah Kuala

Banda Aceh, Special Region of Aceh, 23111, Indonesia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ladhania R, Ichsan I, Koumpias AM, Yufika A, Indah R, Liansyah TM, Wagner AL, Harapan H. Improving uptake of pediatric vaccines through religious conferences and mobile vaccine clinics in Aceh, Indonesia (TABRIE): study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2025 Nov 21;26(1):528. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09170-5.

  PMID: 41272880 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Abram Wagner, PhD

  University of Michigan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Research Assistant Professor, Global Public Health, School of Public Health

Model Details: This is a stepped wedge design with a cross-sectional sampling structure.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2023
• First Posted: December 7, 2023
• Study Start: September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: January 16, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: Study data will be made available by December 31, 2026
• Access Criteria: This will be publicly available.

Locations

ID (1)