Texting for Health: The Use of Participatory Methods to Develop Healthy Lifestyle Messages for Teens

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-19

  Hingle, Melanie ^a   Nichter, Mimi ^a   Medeiros, Melanie ^a   Grace, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community based participatory research; Diet; Health education; Mobile health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARIZONA; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84872132137     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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