A little health literacy can go a long way, particularly when it is used to add context to a text message vaccine reminder. That?? one of the findings of a new study published in the January 2015 edition of Pediatrics medical journal. The study centered on 660 Latino children between the ages of 6 months through 8 years from three community clinics in New York City. They had received their first influenza vaccination for the season and required a second dose, according to a description of the study, by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The parents of each child were randomly assigned to receive either conventional text messages, including vaccination due date and clinic hours; educational text messages, which also added influenza vaccine health literacy promoting information; or a written reminder only.

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