Parental Reminder Strategies and the Cost Implication for Improved Immunisation Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sharoni, SKA (通讯作者),Univ Teknol MARA, Fac Hlth Sci, Ctr Nursing Studies, Shah Alam 40450, Malaysia.
2022-10
Getting children vaccinated amidst prevailing barriers to immunisation has been challenging in both developed and developing countries. To address these problems, studies on parental reminder strategies were conducted to improve immunisation outcomes in children. These led to the development of different parental reminder interventions. This review systematically reviews different parental interventions and their cost implication for improved immunisations. Five online databases; Medline Complete, the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL], Academic search premier, SPORTDiscus, and Health Source Nursing/Academic were searched using search terms. A total of 24 articles that met the inclusion criteria were included in this review. Studies that provided sufficient information were included for meta-analysis using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis version three, while narrative synthesis was used for the other studies. Results indicate that a heterogeneous and low-quality certainty of evidence on parental voice calls (OR 4.752, 95% CI 1.846-12.231, p = 0.001) exists in improving immunisation coverage. Regarding immunisation timeliness, a high-quality certainty of evidence on Short Message Services (SMS)-delivered health education messages (OR 2.711 95% CI 1.387-5.299, p = 0.004) had more effect on timely immunisation uptake. The average cost of SMS-delivered parental reminder interventions for improved immunisation outcomes was USD 0.50. The study concludes that mobile technology is a promising, cost-effective strategy for improved immunisation outcomes.
HEALTHCARE
卷号:10|期号:10|页码:1-12
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Universiti Teknologi MARA
资助信息
This publication is sponsored by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) (ref: FRGS/1/2019/SS06/UITM/03/1).
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EISSN
2227-9032
出版年
2022-10
DOI
10.3390/healthcare10101996
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
immunisation parental reminder coverage timeliness cost
资助机构
Universiti Teknologi MARA Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
WOS学科分类
Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services