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Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu
Doctors are sending texts to parents, notifying them of the dangers of the flu and where to get vaccinations, highlighting how mobile technology is keeping people healthy.Researchers, which followed over 9,000 lower-income children, said parents who got the texts in the 2010-11 flu season were more likely to have their children vaccinated than children whose parents weren’t texted. Sending messages is more effective than phone calls or reminder letters, the researchers found, because texts are sent to a specific person, and then stored on their phone.The difference in vaccination rates was rather small, but scientists say the reminders can target large numbers of patients at a low-cost. With increasing cell phones use, text messages are more likely to reach their target than typical “robocall” alerts.”You can reach so many families and patients at one time in an automated, efficient fashion and you tailor it to what the families need,” said Melissa Stockwell, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Columbia University.Stockwell’s team enrolled children at community-based clinics in New York before the start of flu season in 2010, sending about half of their parents personalized texts, based on information in their children’s medical records. The first three messages educated parents about vaccine safety and the seriousness of flu in children, while the last two reminded them about weekly vaccine clinics.At the end of the study, about 44 percent of children in the texting group got their shots, compared to 40 percent of non-texted parents who didn’t.The results, though close, add up to an extra 2.5 million children and teens nationwide, researchers said, which may stem the spread from children to adults, who are most vulnerable of flu-related deaths. The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes everyone over the age of six months should be vaccinated, but the shot is especially important for children.As mobile technology becomes more commonplace, health agencies will increasing use texts and instant messages to give people important health updates. Mobile health care initiatives are expected to double by 2014, as an increasing array of apps and services help medical professionals manage diseases and monitor safety.The U.S. government is also touting programs that aid adults and teens quit smoking by signing up for a program to receive texts as part of the SmokeFree.gov website. For example, smokers who feel a relapse coming on can text “craving” and get instant replies encouraging them to kick the habit.QuitNowTXT and SmokeFreeTXT join popular private apps like Text2Quit, Txt2stop and Nicot, but backed by the government, meaning the anti-smoking messages will have further reach and increased funding.The flu vaccine texting program was only a study, but if the government — through the CDC — takes it over, it may expand to a national program, rather than just a localized one, meaning it may lead to saving the lives of people of all ages and further CDC’s goal of universal flu vaccinations.Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu originally appeared at Mobiledia on Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:59 am.

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