Text Message Reminder-Recall to Increase HPV Immunization in Young HIV-1-Infected Patients.
HIV infected patients have higher rates of HPV infection, worse disease progression, increase severity of disease, and are at higher risk for intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer than their HIV negative counterparts. We conducted a yearlong pilot project to evaluate the impact of text message HPV immunization reminder-recall in young HIV-1 positive patients in a large urban academic HIV clinic. We found that text message reminder-recall improved HPV immunization uptake in a young, primarily black and un- or under-insured HIV-1 infected patients. As communication by texting is characteristic of teens and young adults in the general population, text message reminder-recalls should be considered a viable option to improve vaccination rates among young HIV patients.
1 Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Susana Williams
SW
Keeshin
2 Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Judith
J
Feinberg
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017010:Reminder Systems; D060145:Text Messaging; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
HIV; HPV; text messaging