Electronic reminders for cancer prevention: Factors associated with preference for automated voice reminders or text messages

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Greaney, Mary L ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^b   Sprunck Harrild, Kim ^a   Bennett, Gary G ^c   Cunningham, Moira A ^d   Gillman, Matthew W ^e   Coeling, Molly ^f   Emmons, Karen M ^a,c,g  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated voice recordings; Electronic reminders; Prompting; SMS text messages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED VOICE RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; TEXT MESSAGING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84863780404     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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