Pediatric Practices' Perceptions of Text Message Communication with Families: An American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Text messages can be an effective and low-cost mechanism for patient reminders; however, they are yet to be consistently integrated into pediatric primary care.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore pediatric primary care clinician and staff perceptions of pediatric office text message communication with families.

Methods

As part of the National Institutes of Health-funded Flu2Text randomized controlled trial of second-dose influenza vaccine text message reminders, we conducted 7 focus groups and 4 individual interviews in July-August 2019 with primary care pediatric clinicians and staff (n = 39). Overall, 10 Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) pediatric practices in 10 states were selected using stratified sampling. Semi-structured

SUBMITTER: Nekrasova E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882477 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature