A Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness of Computer-Generated Telephone Messages in Increasing Immunization Visits Among Preschool Children

Risk Factors for Undervaccination against Measles in a Large Sample of Preschool Children from Rural Bavaria

“…None of the three interventions showed an independent effect.This clearly contradicts the majority of published findings which indicate that patient reminder interventions do raise vaccination rates [24][25][26].The ineffectiveness of our interventions could have either been due to the wrong choice of instruments for this particular sample or failure to attract enough attention to influence vaccination behavior. Surprisingly, and unlike research done in the United States [13,14], our study did not find any risk attached to parental sociodemographic factors such as poverty, low education, etc.…”

What Mothers in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Feel About WIC and Immunization Linkage Activities

“…Many of the findings from our focus group research are consistent with the published literature that used more quantitative research methods, including surveys of parental attitudes on the importance of vaccinations, the parent as being ultimately responsible for getting the child immunized, and the acceptability of telephone reminders. [13][14][15] This corroboration strengthens the generalizability of our findings.…”

How Much Time Is Spent on Well-Child Care and Vaccinations?

“…40 However, a recent study found that reminderrecall interventions directed at increasing the frequency of well-child care did, in fact, increase the number of visits, but had no effect on immunization rates. 41 This contrasts with the results of other studies in which reminderrecall directed at immunization increased both visit and immunization rates, [42][43][44][45][46] suggesting that focus on a measurable outcome may be necessary for an increase in wellchild care time to result in a positive effect on health.…”