Evaluation of a Text Message-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Program Among Older Patients: Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 vaccines are vital tools in the defense against infection and serious disease due to SARS-CoV-2. There are many challenges to implementing mass vaccination campaigns for large, diverse populations from crafting vaccine promotion messages to reaching individuals in a timely and effective manner. During this unprecedented period, with COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns essential for protecting vulnerable patient populations and attaining herd immunity, health care systems were faced with the dual challenges of vaccine outreach and distribution.

Objective

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine text outreach approach for patients aged 65 years and older. Our goal was to determine whether this approach was

SUBMITTER: Ahmed N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295725 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature