Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • NEWS

A simple text has the power to increase COVID vaccinations

People who received a short ‘nudge’ by mobile phone were more likely to get a jab than were those who did not.
  1. Max Kozlov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed  Google Scholar

A short text message reminding people to book a COVID-19 jab can boost vaccination rates by several percentage points, according to a study of more than 90,000 people in California.

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Get just this article for as long as you need it

$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02108-2

Read the related News & Views: ‘Text-message nudges encourage COVID vaccination’

References

  1. Dai, H. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03843-2 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Milkman, K. L. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2101165118 (2021).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Pierce, J. L., Kostova, T. & Dirks, K. T. Acad. Mgmt Rev. 26, 298–310 (2001).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Subjects

Latest on:

Nature Careers

Jobs

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing

Search

Advanced search

Quick links