Effect of a text messaging intervention on influenza vaccination in an urban, low-income pediatric and adolescent population: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1702-1708

  Stockwell, Melissa S ^a,b,c   Kharbanda, Elyse Olshen ^d   Martinez, Raquel Andres ^a,b   Vargas, Celibell Y ^a   Vawdrey, David K ^a,c   Camargo, Stewin ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860131904     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.502     Document Type: Article

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