Texting to increase adolescent physical activity: Feasibility assessment

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 472-483

  Thompson, Debbe ^a   Cantu, Dora ^a   Ramirez, Betsy ^a   Cullen, Karen W ^a   Baranowski, Tom ^a   Mendoza, Jason ^b   Anderson, Barbara ^a   Jago, Russell ^c   Rodgers, Wendy ^d   Liu, Yan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Feasibility; Pedometers; Physical activity; Self Determination Theory; Text messages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84975864725     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.40.4.9     Document Type: Article

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