A feasibility study of short message service text messaging as a surveillance tool for alcohol consumption and vehicle for interventions in university students

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moore, Simon C ^a   Crompton, Katherine ^b   Van Goozen, Stephanie ^c   Van Den Bree, Marianne ^d   Bunney, Julia ^d   Lydall, Emma ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Intervention; Short message service (SMS); Students; University

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEXT MESSAGING; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886161054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1011     Document Type: Article

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