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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Vaccination Programs: Client Reminder and Recall Systems

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: May 2015

Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup, Health Communication and Health Information Technology Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends using client reminder and recall interventions to increase vaccination rates in children, adolescents, and adults. In these interventions, people get reminders that they are due to get a vaccine or late getting a vaccine. Reminders and recalls can be delivered in different ways, like by telephone, letter, postcard, or text message.

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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Reduce the proportion of children who get no recommended vaccines by age 2 years — IID‑02
Target met or exceeded
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 1 dose of the MMR vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑03
Little or no detectable change
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 2 doses of the MMR vaccine for children in kindergarten — IID‑04
Little or no detectable change
Increase the coverage level of 4 doses of the DTaP vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑06
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people who get the flu vaccine every year — IID‑09
LHI label
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of adults age 19 years or older who get recommended vaccines — IID‑D03
Developmental

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2016). Vaccination Programs: Client Reminder and Recall Systems. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/vaccination-programs-client-reminder-and-recall-systems