Can text messages increase safer sex behaviours in young people? Intervention development and pilot randomized controlled trial

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 57, 2016, Pages 1-81

  Free, Caroline ^a   McCarthy, Ona ^a   French, Rebecca S ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^a   Michie, Susan ^b   Roberts, Ian ^a   Devries, Karen ^a   Rathod, Sujit ^a   Bailey, Julia ^b   Syred, Jonathan ^c   Edwards, Phil ^a   Hart, Graham ^b   Palmer, Melissa ^a   Baraitser, Paula ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPROTECTED SEX; CHLAMYDIASIS; PSYCHOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982946573     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta20570     Document Type: Article

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