Initial outcomes from a 4-week follow-up study of the text4baby program in the military women's population: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Evans, W Douglas ^a   Bihm, Jasmine Wallace ^a   Szekely, Daniel ^b   Nielsen, Peter ^b   Murray, Elizabeth ^b   Abroms, Lorien ^a   Snider, Jeremy ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Military health; Mobile health; Prenatal health care; Text4baby

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84902240159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3297     Document Type: Article

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