Age-Specific Strategies for Immunization Reminders and Recalls

NCT01770496 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: U01IP000088-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10,175
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of this study was to assess the relative effectiveness of reminder/recall strategies among children who live in an urban area targeting alternative age-specific milestones.

Conditions

Childhood Vaccination

Keywords

immunization; vaccination; immunization information system; immunization registry; reminder / recall

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• new immunization doses

  Receipt of 1 or more childhood vaccinations with administration date following reminder notification date

  within 60 days of reminder notification

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Cost of vaccination reminder

  During the time of reminder notification preparation and mailing and approximately 1 month following mailing

• historical immunization doses

  within 60 days of reminder notification

• waived doses

  within 60 days of reminder notification

Study Arms (2)

No reminder / recall notice

NO INTERVENTION

No childhood vaccination reminder / recall notification sent. Stratified by age cohort of subjects: 7 month recall; 12 month reminder; 19 month recall

mailed reminder / recall notice

EXPERIMENTAL

Childhood vaccination reminder / recall notification sent by postal mail. Stratified by age cohort of subjects: 7 month recall; 12 month reminder; 19 month recall

Behavioral: Childhood vaccination reminder / recall notification

Interventions

Childhood vaccination reminder / recall notification BEHAVIORAL

Also known as: Reminder / recall notifications sent by postal mail

mailed reminder / recall notice

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Months - 19 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• and 19 month recall groups: children not up to date for at least one vaccination at the time of notification
• month reminder group: 12 months of age at time of notification
• Hib vaccination series was not assessed due to a vaccine shortage

You may not qualify if:

• Children were ineligible for notifications if they were designated in the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR)as having died, documented previously as having moved out of the jurisdiction ("Moved or Gone Elsewhere" (MOGE)), opted out of MCIR by their parent, or if they had been previously mailed for MCIR reminder/recall activity in the prior 60 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan: lead
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Michigan, Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-5456, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Dombkowski KJ, Costello LE, Harrington LB, Dong S, Kolasa M, Clark SJ. Age-specific strategies for immunization reminders and recalls: a registry-based randomized trial. Am J Prev Med. 2014 Jul;47(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.02.009. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

  PMID: 24750973 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Kevin J Dombkowski, DrPH, MS

  University of Michigan, Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 15, 2013
• First Posted: January 17, 2013
• Study Start: October 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2009
• Study Completion: September 1, 2010
• Last Updated: January 17, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-01

Locations

US (1)