The Role of Text Messages in Patient-Physician Communication about the Influenza Vaccine
Author(s) -
Disha Kumar,
Vagish Hemmige,
Michael A. Kallen,
Richard L. Street,
Thomas P. Giordano,
Monisha Arya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of mobile technology in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1839-7808
DOI - 10.7309/jmtm.7.2.8
Subject(s) - vaccination , ethnic group , medicine , family medicine , influenza vaccine , text message , health care , descriptive statistics , phone , intervention (counseling) , nursing , immunology , computer network , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , computer science , economics , economic growth
Racial and ethnic minorities face disparities in receiving the influenza vaccination. A text message intervention could deliver personalized and timely messages to counsel patients on asking their physician for the vaccination.
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