Can mobile phone multimedia messages and text messages improve clinic attendance for Aboriginal children with chronic otitis media? A randomised controlled trial

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 362-367

  Phillips, James H ^a,b   Wigger, Christine ^a   Beissbarth, Jemima ^a   McCallum, Gabrielle B ^a   Leach, Amanda ^a   Morris, Peter S ^a,c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; MMS; mobile phone; otitis media; text message

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINIC ATTENDANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CELL PHONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 84899101209     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12496     Document Type: Article

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