Using Electronic Reminders to Improve Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccinations among Primary Care Patients.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic led to delays in routine preventative primary care and declines in HPV immunization rates. Providers and healthcare organizations needed to explore new ways to engage individuals to resume preventive care behaviors. Thus, we evaluated the effectiveness of using customized electronic reminders with provider recommendations for HPV vaccination to increase HPV vaccinations among adolescents and young adults, ages 9-25. Using stratified randomization, participants were divided into two groups: usual care (control) (N = 3703) and intervention (N = 3705). The control group received usual care including in-person provider recommendations, visual reminders in exam waiting rooms, bundling of vaccinations, and phone call reminders. The intervention group received usual care and

SUBMITTER: Hanley K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10145812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature