ARISe at UMass Chan

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Massachusetts, Worcester

About this trial

The goal is to identify the most impactful strategies for capturing attention and enhancing effectiveness of vaccine promotion messages. This will be done using an online survey that employs remote eye-tracking and self report measures to evaluate response to sample vaccine promotion social media content in rural populations in New England. Participants will be randomly assigned into one of 14 conditions in a 2(source: expert vs. influencer) by 7 (themes: constructs from 7C Vaccine Framework) experiment and view sample messages and then answer questions about their attitudes and beliefs while being monitored for eye-tracking.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 18+

Living in New England state (CT, MA, ME, NH, VT RI) in a zip code as defined by each individual state's definition of rural

Able to read and write in English

Access to an internet connected computer or laptop with a web-camera

Disqualifiers

N/A

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Exposure to source and message content

Treatment groups

700 Participants
are divided into 14 treatment groups

14

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.