Nationwide demonstration of improved COVID-19 vaccination uptake through behavioural reminders

Behrendt, Hannah, Tagliaferri, Giulia, Tankelevitch, Lev, Xu, Yihan, Harper, Hugo, Gold, Natalie ORCID: 0000-0003-0706-1618, Weston, Dale, Rosen, Rachel and Scott, Robert (2025) Nationwide demonstration of improved COVID-19 vaccination uptake through behavioural reminders. Nature Human Behaviour. ISSN 2397-3374

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Abstract

Here we report the results of two nationwide randomized controlled trials. By refining behavioural-science-informed text messages notifying patients of their vaccine eligibility, we observed improvements in vaccination rates. The randomized controlled trials involved adults aged 40–44 years (n = 1,825,937) and 24–29 years (n = 2,174,064) in England. Messages emphasizing ‘Top of queue’ status led to small, but policy-relevant, increases in vaccination rates in both the 40–44 age group (odds ratio 1.02, 95% confidence interval 1.01–1.03) and the 24–29 age group (odds ratio 1.02, 95% confidence interval 1.01–1.04). Consequently, the ‘Top of queue’ message was nationally rolled out to other age groups. These findings demonstrate the potential of ‘queue’ framing in relevant contexts and the value of rigorous testing of public health messaging.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	CPNSS
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2025 09:57
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2025 08:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127966

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