Short Message Service Reminders to Parents for Increasing Adolescent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates in a Secondary School Vaccine Program: A Randomized Control Trial
This study aimed to test the hypothesis that sending a short message service (SMS) reminder to parents who had consented to their child's receiving the HPV vaccine would lead to greater uptake of the vaccine within the program. The secondary aim was to assess the effect of self-regulatory versus motivational message content in the SMS.
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - Category: Child Development Authors: Fraser Tull, Kim Borg, Cameron Knott, Megan Beasley, Justin Halliday, Nicholas Faulkner, Kim Sutton, Peter Bragge Tags: Original article Source Type: research
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