Text Messaging Reminders Increase Second Dose Influenza Vaccinations in Children (VIDEO)

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health

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Dr. Melissa Stockwell, assistant professor of Population and Family Health, found that sending text message reminders increased receipt of the second dose of the vaccine for children and when educational information on the importance of the second dose was embedded into the text messages there was an even greater effect.

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Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health

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