Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKS) Pilot Study

Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids

As a participant in these research program you will be a parent of a child born at Wesley Medical Center who plan to use Carriage Park Pediatric Clinic for your child's care. Mobile phone text messages will be sent to remind you of your child's immunizations.

The long term research goal is to increase childhood immunization rates by improving parental health literacy through an innovative text messaging system regarding immunization schedules for children under the age of six.

Inclusion Criteria:

• parent or caregiver of a well child born at Wesley Medical Center;
• planning to utilize the Carriage Park Pediatric Clinic for his/her child's medical home; (
• adult (> 18 years of age);
• present use of a mobile phone for sending and receiving text messages;
• English or Spanish speaking;
• able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria include:

• personal or religious beliefs against immunizations;
• inability to complete enrollment information.