Mental health sessions may boost vaccine uptake in latinx communities
NCT ID NCT06062056
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether adding vaccine discussions to routine behavioral health visits could reduce hesitancy and increase COVID-19 and flu shots among Latinx adults with mental illness. Clinicians used motivational interviewing and could offer a warm handoff to a nurse for vaccination. The trial was terminated early, so results are limited.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- motivational interviewing
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help increase vaccination rates in a vulnerable population by integrating vaccine conversations into routine mental health care.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated, so results are incomplete. The intervention relied on clinician judgment and patient willingness, which may limit generalizability.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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3,698 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years and older * Identifies as Latinx or speaks Spanish * Completed an eligible behavioral health (BH) visit between the start and end dates of the intervention period. * Patient is missing a COVID-19 vaccine/booster or the influenza vaccine at the beginning of their behavioral health visit (i.e., they are not fully up to date with their COVID-19 and influenza vaccines) Patient Exclusion Criteria: \- NA
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02128, United States
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South End Community Health Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
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