Trusted Messenger Intervention

Preliminary Study of a Trusted Messenger Intervention to Promote Vaccine Uptake in Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals

The objective of this pilot study is to develop and evaluate test a trusted messenger intervention targeting vaccine hesitancy in patients on an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting with both acute and chronic patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able and willing to give verbal informed consent to participate in the study or able to assent with guardian consent
• Expected to remain in the hospital for the duration of the study
• Mental health diagnosis Demographics
• Male, female, or transgender (no exclusion criteria based on gender or sexual orientation)
• Ages 18 or older
• Any race or ethnicity
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive impairment sufficient to interfere with participant's ability to provide assent
• People who are non-English speakers or who have major visual or hearing impairment will be excluded given the need to converse with the Trusted Messenger verbally
• People who have received any of the available forms of the COVID-19 vaccine, or those with a medical exemption for receiving the vaccine.