Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): Protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kerr, Deborah A ^a   Pollard, Christina M ^a,b   Howat, Peter ^a,c   Delp, Edward J ^d   Pickering, Mark ^e   Kerr, Katherine R ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^a   Pratt, Iain S ^c,f   Wright, Janine ^a   Boushey, Carol J ^d,g  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Mobile phone; Nutrition; Randomised controlled trial; Tailoring; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TEXT MESSAGING; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEXT MESSAGING; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862524432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-477     Document Type: Article

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