Does a text messaging intervention improve knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding iodine deficiency and iodized salt consumption?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2320-2325

  Mehran, Ladan ^a   Nazeri, Pantea ^b   Delshad, Hossein ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^b   Mehrabi, Yadollah ^c   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Interventions; Iodine; Knowledge, attitudes and practice; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIZED SALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALT INTAKE; TEXT MESSAGING; URINE;

ADULT; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IODINE; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84870231307     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000869     Document Type: Article

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