How to inform college students about meningitis B vaccine? Comparative effectiveness of an online theory-based text and video intervention

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of text and video formats of an online theory-based Meningitis B (MenB) health message intervention on college students. Participants: College freshmen and transfer students admitted at a Southern U.S. University. Methods: In a 2-arm randomized study, knowledge, perceptions, and intention to receive the vaccine were compared pre- and post-intervention. Results: Post intervention, participants in both the written and video interventions had significantly higher scores of knowledge, perceptions, and intentions. Upon comparing the change in scores pre- to post-intervention between both text and video groups, no significant differences were found between both groups. Conclusions: This study, a first in using a theory-based MenB online education intervention and questionnaire to compare text and video formats, suggests that both text and video formats are equally effective in raising young adults’ awareness about the MenB vaccine.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Journal of American College Health

• Publication date

  2022-04-26

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/07448481.2022.2064713PMID 35471896
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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