Parent opinions about use of text messaging for immunization reminders

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ahlers Schmidt, Carolyn Rose ^a   Chesser, Amy K ^a   Paschal, Angelia M ^b   Hart, Traci A ^c   Williams, Katherine S ^a   Yaghmai, Beryl ^a   Shah Haque, Sapna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child immunizations; Provider patient communication; Text message

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REMINDER SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PARENTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84864231476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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