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Evaluation of Vaccination Reminder/Recall Systems for Adolescent Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Immunization Status
Well Child Care Visit
Registration Number
NCT01057888
Lead Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Brief Summary

The investigators will design and implement a randomized clinical trial to test, on a community-wide level, the effectiveness of managed care based tracking/reminder/recall on improving vaccination coverage among adolescents.

The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of reminder/recall for adolescents: 10,599 adolescents within the managed care organization (MCO) will be randomized into one of three arms: 1) mailed reminders, 2) autodialer telephone messages or 3) standard of care of their practice (no messages from the intervention).

Hypothesis 1: Reminder/recall will increase the receipt of immunizations and preventive services

Hypothesis 2: Telephone (autodialer) reminders will be more effective than mailed reminders

Hypothesis 3: The impact of reminders will be greatest for the most high-risk subgroups which have low baseline immunization rates.

Hypothesis 4: Mailed reminders will be more costly (and less effective) than telephone reminders.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10599
Inclusion Criteria
  • Member of the Monroe Plan for Medical Care (managed care organization)
  • Patient of a participating practice
  • Ages 10.75 to <18 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
  • Member of the Monroe Plan for Medical care for less than 6 months
  • ICD-9 diagnosis of 999.4 for anaphylactic reaction to a vaccine or its components.
  • Encephalopathy within 7 days of a previous dose of a pertussis containing vaccine not attributable to another identifiable cause
  • Guillain-Barre- ICD-9 code is 357.0

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Well Child Care Status12 months

Received recommended well child care visit

Fully Vaccinated (Tdap, Menactra and 3 Doses of HPV (if Female))12 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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