Recruitment and retention in an SMS-based health education program: Lessons learned from Text2BHealthy

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 651-658

  Speirs, Katherine E ^a   Grutzmacher, Stephanie K ^b   Munger, Ashley L ^b   Messina, Lauren A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

mobile health; nutrition education; recruitment; retention; text messages

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NUTRITION POLICY; PARENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CELL PHONE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PARENTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84981309801     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458215577995     Document Type: Article

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