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. 2020 Jan 17;2020(1):CD011895. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011895.pub2

Gargano 2015.

Methods Randomised trial in the USA between November 2011 and July 2013
Participants Participants: parents of middle‐ and high‐school students
Number enrolled: 6 middle‐ and 5 high‐schools
Study population: parents of middle‐ and high‐school students enrolled in schools that were participating in a study focused on evaluating approaches to promoting adolescent vaccination.
Interventions Intervention: 1. parent‐only adolescent vaccination education and 2. parent and adolescent education
Description: 3‐ to 5‐month health education for parents only or parents and adolescents. The intervention consisted of a brochure for parents and a 2‐ to 3‐day curriculum for adolescents. The parent education package included an invitation letter and a gift card valued at USD 20.
Duration: 2 years
Comparison: usual practice
Description of the comparison: none.
Vaccine target: Tdap, meningococcal, HPV, and influenza vaccines
Disease targeted: not specified
Number of doses: not stated
Outcomes Parent willingness to have their adolescent vaccinated in a school‐located vaccination clinic
Attitudes and beliefs towards vaccination
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No description.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No description.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk The outcome is an objective measure.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk The outcome is an objective measure.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Low response rate.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No description.
Other bias Low risk No evidence of other biases.