Leveraging text messaging and mobile technology to support pediatric obesity-related behavior change: A qualitative study using parent focus groups and interviews

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sharifi, Mona ^a   Dryden, Eileen M ^a   Horan, Christine M ^a   Price, Sarah ^a   Marshall, Richard ^b   Hacker, Karen ^a   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a   Taveras, Elsie M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Health behavior; Obesity; Overweight; Telemedicine; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84891771445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2780     Document Type: Article

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