A Webinar to Improve Parental COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy.
Lauren Arrigoni, Claire Boogaard, Jessica Strohm-Farber
PMID 37024370WHAT IT FOUND
Parents' self-reported COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scores fell after a one-hour webinar, but only 28 before-and-after surveys were analysed and no control group existed.
Key findings
01The median hesitancy score decreased from 40 to 28.5 after the webinar (z=0.003; p=.05).
02Two of the 28 parents changed from not intending or being unsure about vaccination to intending to vaccinate their child after the webinar.
03Only 28 surveys had matching pre- and post-webinar responses and were included in the analysis.
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What it does not show
The project compared the same participants before and after the webinar, not against a control group. The study did not reach its own required sample size of 118; only 28 paired surveys were analysed. Most webinar viewers did not complete paired surveys, which may reflect volunteer bias. Participants were English-speaking adults with internet access, so results may not apply to families without these resources. The outcome was self-reported intention to vaccinate, not actual vaccination rates. Surveys without matching pre- and post-webinar responses or missing four or more items were excluded. The webinar was hosted at one large urban children's hospital and promoted through its social media, limiting generalisability.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the webinar caused lower hesitancy or more vaccinations. This was a single-group before-and-after project with no control group, only 28 analysed surveys, and the outcome was self-reported intention rather than actual vaccination rates.