Text message reminders for timely routine MMR vaccination: A randomized controlled trial

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 5741-5746

  Hofstetter, Annika M ^a,b   DuRivage, Nathalie ^a   Vargas, Celibell Y ^a   Camargo, Stewin ^a   Vawdrey, David K ^a,b   Fisher, Allison ^c   Stockwell, Melissa S ^a,b,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Measles; MMR; Reminder; Text message; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUMPS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUBELLA; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; INFANT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PARENT; REMINDER SYSTEM;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PARENTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84944033092     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.042     Document Type: Article

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