Mobile phone text messaging intervention for cervical cancer screening: Changes in knowledge and behavior pre-post intervention

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages e196-

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Koopmeiners, Joseph S ^b   Rhee, Taeho Greg ^b   Raveis, Victoria H ^c   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health behavior change; Health disparity; Korean American women; Mobile health; Pap test; Text messaging intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MOBILE PHONE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; VAGINA SMEAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CELL PHONES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907484975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3576     Document Type: Article

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