Development and Implementation of an Interactive Text Messaging Campaign to Support Behavior Change in a Childhood Obesity Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 843-850

  Price, Sarah ^a   Ferisin, Stephanie ^b   Sharifi, Mona ^a   Steinberg, David ^c   Bennett, Gary ^d   Wolin, Kathleen Y ^e   Horan, Christine ^a   Koziol, Renata ^f   Marshall, Richard ^g   Taveras, Elsie M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Stephanie Ferisin Health and Wellness   (United States)

^c Steinberg Computing   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Coeus Health ^*  (United States)

^f HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84934850423     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018582     Document Type: Article

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