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. 2023 Dec 15:16:100426.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100426. eCollection 2024 Jan.

E-mail as a way of communication during the ACWY meningococcal vaccination campaign in adolescents and young adults in the Region of Murcia

Matilde Zornoza Moreno  1 , Francisca Isabel Tornel Minarro  2 , Jaime Jesus Perez Martin  3
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E-mail as a way of communication during the ACWY meningococcal vaccination campaign in adolescents and young adults in the Region of Murcia

Matilde Zornoza Moreno et al. Vaccine X. .

Abstract

In 2019, ACWY meningococcal vaccination for people born between 2001 and 2007 was recommended. In Murcia, during the first 9 months, the coverage was 52.89%. This study is aimed to evaluate the effects of e-mail reminders on vaccination coverage. A longitudinal, prospective trial was performed on non-vaccinated individuals with e-mail addresses. An e-mail reminder was sent to people assigned to the intervention group (born in any month, except January and July), and 4 weeks later, the same was sent to the control group. Vaccination coverage was assessed before and 4 weeks after each intervention. After the first intervention, 5.15% of the participants in the intervention group were vaccinated (1.57% in the control group). The increased likelihood of being vaccinated if a person had been sent an e-mail was 1.033 (95% confidence interval, 1.019-1.047; p = 0.001). This study highlighted the impact of e-mail as an appropriate method of communication for vaccination programmes.

Keywords: ACWY meningococcal vaccine; Adolescent; Communication strategies; E-mail; Reminder strategies; Vaccination campaign.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Development of the different stages of the intervention performed in people with an e-mail address in their VACUSAN file.
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