Using Text Reminder to Improve Childhood Immunization Adherence in the Philippines
Using Text Reminder to Improve Childhood Immunization Adherence in the Philippines
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DOI：
10.1097/cin.0000000000000307
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Peabody, John W.
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作者：
Garcia-Dia, Mary Joy;Fitzpatrick, Joyce J.;Peabody, John W.
进行了一项比较描述性研究，以确定与纯文本信息或口头提醒相比，带有图片的文本信息在改善菲律宾农村地区麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹免疫接种依从性方面的有效性。我们发现，在麻疹、腮腺炎、风疹疫苗接种依从性方面，有或没有图片的短信是一种可行且有用的工具。然而，在提高麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹免疫接种依从性方面，带图片的短信（n = 23）并不比普通短信（n = 19）或口头提醒（n = 17）更有效。与仅接受口头提醒的父母相比，任何一种类型的短信提醒都与父母及时带孩子进行麻疹，腮腺炎和风疹免疫接种有关，如计划访问和实际访问之间的差异所定义的，尽管这在统计学上并不显著。移动的技术，使用文本提醒免疫接种可以潜在地改善父母，公共卫生护士和医疗保健提供者之间的沟通过程。未来的研究可以探索纯文本消息或带图片的文本消息的应用，以更广泛地提高孕产妇和儿童医疗保健的依从性，特别是在发展中国家的农村地区，并可能成为促进这一人群健康的有用工具。
A comparative descriptive study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of text messages with pictures compared with plain text messages or verbal reminders in improvingmeasles, mumps, and rubella immunization compliance in the rural areas of the Philippines. We found that text messaging with or without pictures is a feasible and useful tool in measles, mumps, rubella immunization compliance for childhood immunization. Texting with pictures (n = 23), however, was no more effective than plain text messaging (n = 19) or verbal reminder (n = 17) in improving measles, mumps, and rubella immunization compliance. Compared with parents who received verbal reminders alone, either type of text reminders was linked to parents bringing their child for measles, mumps, and rubella immunization on a timelier basis, as defined by the difference between the scheduled visit and the actual visit, although this was not statistically significant. Mobile technology that uses text reminders for immunization can potentially improve the communication process between parent, the public health nurse, and healthcare provider. Future studies can explore the application of plain text messages or text messages with pictures to improve compliance more broadly for maternal and child healthcare especially in rural areas of developing countries and may be a helpful tool for health promotion for this population.