Effect of Reinforcement of Oral Health Education Message through Short Messaging Service in Mobile Phones: A Quasi-Experimental Trial

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jadhav, Harish C ^a   Dodamani, Arun S ^a   Karibasappa, G N ^a   Naik, Rahul G ^b   Khairnar, Mahesh R ^c   Deshmukh, Manjiri A ^d   Vishwakarma, Prashanth ^a  

^a ACPM Dental College   (India)

^b Department of Public Health Dentistry   (India)

^c Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^d Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; EDUCATION; HEALTH; MESSAGE PASSING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; REINFORCEMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

AGE GROUPS; CONTROL GROUPS; EFFECTIVE MEDIA; EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS; ORAL HEALTHS; ORAL HYGIENES; SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84959420463     PISSN: 16876415     EISSN: 16876423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7293516     Document Type: Article

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