What Works to Get the Elderly Vaccinated Against COVID-19? Experimental Evidence From India

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Enrollment

3,006

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 17, 2021

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2022

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2022

Conditions
AgingCovid19
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Information

Elder informed about vaccination.

BEHAVIORAL

Buddy

"Elder encouraged to get vaccinated using buddy system, whereby he/she is accompanied to the vaccination site by another adult who could also get the vaccine. A potential buddy also given vaccination information and encouraged to help the elder get to the vaccination site so they could both be vaccinated."

BEHAVIORAL

Gossip intervention

"Members of elder's community asked who in the community is good at spreading information. These gossips then asked to spread information about vaccination of elders. If buddy intervention assigned in community, gossips also asked to encourage their communities to use the buddy system to get elders vaccinated."

BEHAVIORAL

Information assigned in community

Information intervention assigned for other elders in community.

BEHAVIORAL

Buddy assigned in community

Buddy intervention assigned for other elders in community.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

JPAL SA at IFMR, Chennai

All Listed Sponsors
lead

National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

OTHER