Peer Education as a Strategy to Promote Vaccine Acceptance

Effective interventions to improve uptake of vaccines among hesitant groups are urgently needed. Peer education is an effective intervention in modifying health behaviors in other conditions and may be effective in promoting vaccine confidence but has not been studied. To fill this knowledge gap, we will enroll approximately 152 parents of children age 0-18 months who are eligible for pneumococcal conjugate (PCV-13) vaccine and randomize them 1:1 to a peer-led vaccine education intervention or usual care.