Reducing routine vaccination dropout rates: evaluating two interventions in three Kenyan districts, 2014
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- 作者：Adam Haji ; S. Lowther ; Z. Ngan'ga ; Z. Gura ; C. Tabu ; H. Sandhu…
- 关键词：SMS ; Sticker ; Dropout ; Reminder ; Vaccination
- 刊名：BMC Public Health
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1,070 KB
- 刊物主题：Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Biostatistics; Vaccine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2458
文摘
Background Globally, vaccine preventable diseases are responsible for nearly 20 % of deaths annually among children <5 years old. Worldwide, many children dropout from the vaccination program, are vaccinated late, or incompletely vaccinated. We evaluated the impact of text messaging and sticker reminders to reduce dropouts from the vaccination program.