Vaccines4Kids: Assessing the impact of text message reminders on immunization rates in infants

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 2984-2989

  Niederhauser, Victoria ^a   Johnson, Melissa ^b   Tavakoli, Abbas S ^c  

^a and Fellow Transcultural Nursing Society Scholars   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunizations; Parents; Pediatrics; Text messaging; United States; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION;

VACCINE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84930539271     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.069     Document Type: Article

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