Mobile text messaging for health: A systematic review of reviews

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 393-415

  Hall, Amanda K ^a   Cole Lewis, Heather ^b,c   Bernhardt, Jay M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Cellular phone; MHealth; Short message service; Smartphone; SMS; Text messaging interventions; Texting

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TELETHERAPY; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

CELL PHONES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84925253891     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122855     Document Type: Review

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