Immunization
New findings from C. Bexelius and co-researchers in the area of immunization described
Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 1st, 2009
According to recent research from Stockholm, Sweden, "This study compared the use of Short Message Service (SMS) on mobile phones and the use of telephone interviews in collecting self-reported data about influenza vaccination. Through random selection from the Swedish population registry, 2,400 individuals were assigned to be contacted through SMS (SMS-group), and 2,150 were assigned to undergo personal telephone interviews (TI-group)."
"Both groups were asked three questions about influenza and influenza vaccination. Mobile phone numbers were found for 1,055 persons in the SMS-group of whom 154 (6% of the original sample; 15% of all who had a listed mobile phone...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-01)
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