Direct-to-adolescent text messaging for vaccine reminders: What will parents permit?

Roberts, James R.; Morella, Kristen; Dawley, Erin; Madden, Christi; Jacobson, Robert M.; Pope, Charlene; Davis, Boyd H.; Thompson, David M.; O’Brien, Elizabeth; Darden, Paul M.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.03.088

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“…Finally, members of our team have experience developing and testing the effectiveness of vaccine communication interventions. Specifically, Dr. Paul Darden has assessed the impact of text messaging interventions on HPV vaccination rates [ 38 ]; conducted prospective clinical trials of multi-modal, clinic-based interventions to increase HPV vaccination rates [ 39 ]; and assessed parental perceptions of barriers to vaccination through the Pediatric Research in Outpatient Settings (PROS) Network, a national practice-based research network [ 40 ].…”

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Improving pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake using an mHealth tool (MoVeUp): study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

McCulloh

Darden

Snowden

et al. 2022

Trials

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Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines demonstrate excellent effectiveness against infection, severe disease, and death. However, pediatric COVID-19 vaccination rates lag among individuals from rural and other medically underserved communities. The research objective of the current protocol is to determine the effectiveness of a vaccine communication mobile health (mHealth) application (app) on parental decisions to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Methods Custodial parents/caregivers with ≥ 1 child eligible for COVID-19 vaccination who have not yet received the vaccine will be randomized to download one of two mHealth apps. The intervention app will address logistical and motivational barriers to pediatric COVID-19 vaccination. Participants will receive eight weekly push notifications followed by two monthly push notifications (cues to action) regarding vaccinating their child. Through branching logic, users will access customized content based on their locality, degree of rurality-urbanicity, primary language (English/Spanish), race/ethnicity, and child’s age to address COVID-19 vaccine knowledge and confidence gaps. The control app will provide push notifications and information on general pediatric health and infection prevention and mitigation strategies based on recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The primary outcome is the proportion of children who complete COVID-19 vaccination series. Secondary outcomes include the proportion of children who receive ≥ 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine and changes in parent/caregiver scores from baseline to immediately post-intervention on the modified WHO SAGE Vaccine Hesitancy Scale adapted for the COVID-19 vaccine. Discussion The COVID-19 pandemic inflicts disproportionate harm on individuals from underserved communities, including those in rural settings. Maximizing vaccine uptake in these communities will decrease infection rates, severe illness, and death. Given that most US families from these communities use smart phones, mHealth interventions hold the promise of broad uptake. Bundling multiple mHealth vaccine uptake interventions into a single app may maximize the impact of deploying such a tool to increase COVID-19 vaccination. The new knowledge to be gained from this study will directly inform future efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates across diverse settings and provide an evidentiary base for app-based vaccine communication tools that can be adapted to future vaccine-deployment efforts. Clinical trials registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05386355. Registered on May 23, 2022.

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Improving pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake using an mHealth tool (MoVeUp): study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

McCulloh

Darden

Snowden

et al. 2022

Trials

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“…The majority of parents in the U.S. is also open to having text messages delivered directly to their adolescent child about the HPV vaccine. 112,113 Little has been published on parents' interest in mobile apps or personal health records. However, the greatest effects for adolescent vaccinations may be for interventions where parents can choose their reminder type.…”

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Understanding the use of digital technology to promote human papillomavirus vaccination – A RE-AIM framework approach

Stephens

Wynn

Stockwell

2019

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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The human papillomavirus virus (HPV) vaccine is effective at preventing various cancers, but coverage falls short of targets that are needed for community protection. Here, we use the RE-AIM implementation framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) to understand how text, email, and electronic health record (EHR) reminders and social media campaigns can be used as part of policy and practice interventions to increase HPV vaccination. These technology-based interventions could be used together and mainstreamed into clinical and system-based practice to have the greatest impact. Of the interventions explored, text-based, email-based, and EHR reminders have the most evidence behind them to support their effectiveness. While there are several studies of promotion of the HPV vaccine on social media, more studies are needed to demonstrate their effects and better methods are needed to be able to attribute results to these interventions.

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Using mHealth Applications to Promote Self-Managed Health Behaviors Among Teens

Wyatt

Bayless

Krauskopf

et al. 2021

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

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Direct-to-adolescent text messaging for vaccine reminders: What will parents permit?

Abstract: Our study suggests that direct-to-adolescent text messaging would be allowed by parents for older adolescents. This supports an intervention aimed at older adolescents, such as for receipt of MCV4 dose #2, delayed HPV vaccine series completion and annual influenza vaccination.

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Improving pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake using an mHealth tool (MoVeUp): study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

Improving pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake using an mHealth tool (MoVeUp): study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

Understanding the use of digital technology to promote human papillomavirus vaccination – A RE-AIM framework approach

Using mHealth Applications to Promote Self-Managed Health Behaviors Among Teens

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