Vaccine Confidence and Infodemic in Southeast Asia's Nusantara Sociocultural Sphere

NCT06947187 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023-06-16452
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 472
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how well a culturally-specific "prebunking" video can improve vaccine information literacy and vaccine confidence among individuals in the Nusantara sociocultural sphere. The investigators hypothesize the individuals who watch the co-created "prebunking" intervention video will have improved vaccine literacy skills and vaccine confidence compared to individuals who watch a video about safe medication disposal.

Conditions

Misinformation

Keywords

Misinformation; Bahasa; Vaccine confidence; Vaccine literacy; Video intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Identification of vaccine misinformation

  The percent of social media posts that the participant correctly identifies as misinformation

  From the start to the end of the survey (approximately 20 minutes)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Vaccine confidence

  From the start to the end of the survey (approximately 20 minutes)

Study Arms (2)

Watch pre-bunking video

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this arm will watch a \~3-minute pre-bunking video

Other: Pre-bunking video

Watch video on safe disposal of medication

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants in this arm will watch a \~3-minute video that discusses safe ways to dispose of medication

Other: Video on safe disposal of medication

Interventions

Pre-bunking video OTHER

\~3 minutes educational video to improve vaccine literacy and vaccine confidence

Watch pre-bunking video

Video on safe disposal of medication OTHER

\~3 minutes educational video on safe disposal of medication

Watch video on safe disposal of medication

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• At least 18 years old
• Live in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, or Singapore
• Fluent in Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Indonesia
• Watch social media content in Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Indonesia every day
• Access to stable Internet on smartphone or laptop to complete the experiment without interruption

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who have difficulty in looking at social media on cellphone (even when they use prescription glasses), listening to the audio of social media content on cellphone (even with hearing aid), and typing within or engaging with social media content on cell phone are not eligible to participate in this study. -

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Berkeley: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Communication

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Laura H Kwong

  University of California, Berkeley

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Laura H Kwong, PhD

CONTACT

+1-650-332-4667; lakwong@berkeley.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 6, 2025
• First Posted: April 27, 2025
• Study Start: December 28, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: April 27, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)