Characterizing periodic messaging interventions across health behaviors and media: Systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  De Leon, Elaine ^a   Fuentes, Laura W ^a   Cohen, Joanna E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Periodic messaging; Prompts; Review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; REMINDER SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTAL SERVICE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84897378023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2837     Document Type: Article

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