Do vaccine reminders work?

If you’ve fallen behind on vaccinations for yourself or your kids - does getting a nudge from the doctor reminding you to come in encourage higher vaccination rates?

With vaccination among young children in decline post-pandemic, a new trial shows potential pathways to improving uptake.

Plus, some insights on how the framing of the message might matter too - whether it's more neutral or persuasive.

Guest/s

• Professor Tom Snelling, School of Public Health, University of Sydney

References

• The AuTOMATIC trial: a multicentre digitally-automated, Bayesian, adaptive, parallel, factorial randomised controlled trial of SMS reminders for childhood vaccination