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The Tick App: Changing Behaviors With Educational Messaging

University of Wisconsin, Madison · with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Illinois at Chicago · NCT06880692

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
40000
US sites recruiting
4
Study start
March 31, 2020
Record last updated
August 13, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The goal of this work is to evaluate the use of ecological momentary assessments as a tool to assess risk and risk factors for tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. This study will be conducted across the United States, with a focus the upper Midwest and Northeast and with a focus on Wisconsin and will enroll up to 1000 people.

Being studied: Educational Materials delivered via the Tick App

Conditions: Tick Bites

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Will to participate in 7 days worth of daily activity logs within the Tick App.
  • be able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • Completes less than 7 days worth of daily logs or completes 7+ daily logs but not within 12 months.

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Illinois

    Urbana, IL 61801

    Site contact: Becky Smith

  • Michigan State University

    East Lansing, MI 48824

    Site contact: 517-353-1737 · tsao@msu.edu

  • Columbia University

    New York, NY 10027

    Site contact: Maria Diuk-Wasser

  • Washington State University

    Pullman, WA 99164

    Site contact: Pilar Fernandez

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Cassie Halvorsen · 608-265-4741 · chalvorsen2@wisc.edu
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