Ethn Dis. 2014 Spring;24(2):229-35.
Identify perceptions regarding benefits of and barriers to receiving text messages for immunization reminders and preferred content for such text messages.
Structured interviews.
Outpatient pediatric resident and faculty clinic.
A convenience sample of 54 low-income urban Latino parents of children aged < or = 2 years.
Parent perspectives on text message reminders.
Most respondents were female (70%), married (63%), and fluent only in Spanish (89%). Most (83%) had a health literacy score in the adequate range. All (100%) reported being interested in receiving immunization reminders by text message, and 81% reported being willing to receive general appointment reminders by text message. Parents made 72 comments regarding benefits of text message immunization reminders. The most common sub-category was usefulness of the reminders (53%). These comments reflected participants' busy schedules and the beneficial nature of text messages in reminding parents of appointments. Fifty-six comments were provided regarding barriers to receiving text message reminders. Most comments (77%) indicated no identifiable barriers. Twenty percent described barriers related to technology, such as costs or lack of text messaging service. Parents generated 108 comments regarding preferred content of reminders. The topics most frequently identified were appointment date and time (32%), names of the vaccines (19%), and the child's name (11%).
Low-income Latino parents perceive text message immunization reminders as a feasible alternative to more traditional forms of communication.
确定人们对接种提醒短信的益处和障碍的看法，以及对这种短信的偏好内容。
结构访谈。
儿科住院医师和教员门诊。
54 名居住在城市的低收入拉丁裔儿童（年龄<或=2 岁）的父母。
父母对短信提醒的看法。
大多数受访者为女性（70%），已婚（63%），仅能流利使用西班牙语（89%）。大多数（83%）人的健康素养得分处于适当范围。所有人（100%）都表示有兴趣通过短信接收免疫接种提醒，81%的人表示愿意通过短信接收一般预约提醒。父母对短信免疫接种提醒的好处提出了 72 条意见。最常见的子类别是提醒的有用性（53%）。这些评论反映了参与者繁忙的日程安排，以及短信提醒家长预约的有益性质。有 56 条意见涉及到接收短信提醒的障碍。大多数评论（77%）表示没有明显的障碍。20%的评论描述了与技术相关的障碍，例如成本或缺乏短信服务。父母对提醒的偏好内容提出了 108 条意见。最常提到的主题是预约日期和时间（32%）、疫苗名称（19%）和孩子的名字（11%）。
低收入拉丁裔父母认为短信免疫提醒是一种可行的替代传统沟通方式的选择。
