Kantorski, Brinley
Bruzdewicz, Kelly
Will, Sarah
Pollock, John A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-3676
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grable Foundation
Duquesne University School of Education
Duquesne University School of Science and Engineering
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, SEPA (R25GM132910, R25GM132910, R25GM132910, R25GM132910)
Article History
Received: 3 December 2024
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 3 April 2025
Declarations
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: In collaboration with and through the sponsorship of Dr. Cathy Morton, Ed.D, the West Virginia University (WVU), Office of Human Research Protections Institutional Review Board determined that the protocol # 2111467967 titled, “Educational Board Game for Vaccination Hesitancy” qualifies for approval under the WVU Flexibility Review Model. That the review of the above referenced protocol was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Belmont Report. Furthermore, the protocol 2023/03/13. An Evaluation of the Educational Board Game, N.O.V.E.L. has been verified by the Duquesne University Institutional Review Board as Exempt according to 45CFR46.101(b)(1): (1) Educational Research on 04/10/2023. Throughout, the research was carried out following the guidelines of the ethics committees listed in this statement and informed consent was obtained from those who participated in the current study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: AI systems were not used in the research, the project design or in manuscript preparation.