Elsy Maria Dumit1, David Novillo-Ortiz2, Marcela Contreras2, Martha Velandia2, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday3. 1. World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Americas, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States. Electronic address: dumitbels@paho.org. 2. World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Americas, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States. 3. World Health Organization (WHO), 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: eHealth interventions may help increase vaccination uptake and health literacy related to immunization and improve immunization program efficiency. OBJECTIVES: To see where and how eHealth technologies have had a positive impact on immunization practices-using eHealth strategies to increase vaccination uptake, improve immunization program efficiency and advance heath literacy related to immunizations. METHODS: An overview of systematic reviews was conducted, searching PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science for systematic reviews published through August 2017 for eHealth and immunizations (using pre-determined concepts for each). Two independent reviewers selected studies based on a priori criteria; disagreement was resolved by consensus. The quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). RESULTS: The primary search identified 198 results. After eliminating duplicates 158 remained. Upon applying the a priori set criteria to these, six articles were left to analyze. Four articles showed a positive relationship (a demonstrated benefit, improvement, increase in vaccination uptake, etc. when using eHealth technologies for immunization), one showed a promising relation / with potential, and one showed unknown effects as it focused on the difficulty of analyzing cost-benefits of immunization information systems (IIS). CONCLUSION: The review leads to a recommendation of using eHealth technologies to encourage immunizations and increase vaccination adherence and uptake and to continue assessing and documenting the use of eHealth for immunization.
BACKGROUND: eHealth interventions may help increase vaccination uptake and health literacy related to immunization and improve immunization program efficiency. OBJECTIVES: To see where and how eHealth technologies have had a positive impact on immunization practices-using eHealth strategies to increase vaccination uptake, improve immunization program efficiency and advance heath literacy related to immunizations. METHODS: An overview of systematic reviews was conducted, searching PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science for systematic reviews published through August 2017 for eHealth and immunizations (using pre-determined concepts for each). Two independent reviewers selected studies based on a priori criteria; disagreement was resolved by consensus. The quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). RESULTS: The primary search identified 198 results. After eliminating duplicates 158 remained. Upon applying the a priori set criteria to these, six articles were left to analyze. Four articles showed a positive relationship (a demonstrated benefit, improvement, increase in vaccination uptake, etc. when using eHealth technologies for immunization), one showed a promising relation / with potential, and one showed unknown effects as it focused on the difficulty of analyzing cost-benefits of immunization information systems (IIS). CONCLUSION: The review leads to a recommendation of using eHealth technologies to encourage immunizations and increase vaccination adherence and uptake and to continue assessing and documenting the use of eHealth for immunization.
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