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For vaccine text-message campaigns, Brown researchers confirm success is all about timing | Brown University

Congratulations to Nat Rabb, Megan Swindal, @davidmglick, @jakewbowers, Anna Tomasulo, Zayid Oyelami, @khayeswilson, and @david_yokum on this publication! Read the full article at

Rather, we interpret the results as showing that nudge campaigns should be timed to coincide with key junctures but may not work in all contexts. 7/.

These findings don’t contradict those of earlier studies, but they do show the limits of these inexpensive (and initially effective) “nudges” in encouraging uptake, a key concern as rates of booster uptake stall and vaccines for very young children are expected soon. 6/.

Our study found no increase in vaccinations in a population that had been eligible for a month or more and when vaccines were available in drug stores. 5/

We partnered with the Rhode Island Department of Health to send one of eight text messages created to reflect a range of findings from COVID behavioral research to ≈140k people in Rhode Island who, to the best of RIDOH's knowledge, had not been vaccinated. 4/.

But would “nudges” like this work for populations who did not rush to get vaccinated? 3/.

A study from early in the COVID vaccine rollout, when only certain US adults were eligible, found that low-cost “nudges” (i.e. short text messages) derived from behavioral science could increase an individual’s likelihood of getting vaccinated by 3pp . 2/.

🚨New Publication in @Nature from The Policy Lab🚨.What can a SMS randomized controlled trial teach us about how to increase vaccination rates in hesitant populations? #COVID19 #vaccination. 1/.

RT @Nature: Matters arising: Evidence from a statewide vaccination RCT shows the limits of nudges