Unpacking the black box: A formative research approach to the development of theory-driven, evidence-based, and culturally safe text messages in mobile health interventions

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Maar, Marion A ^a   Yeates, Karen ^b   Toth, Zsolt ^c   Barron, Marcia ^d   Hua Stewart, Diane ^e   Liu, Peter ^f   Perkins, Nancy ^e   Sleeth, Jessica ^b   Wabano, Mary Jo,ma ^g   Williamson, Pamela ^h   Tobe, Sheldon W ^a,e  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c hons)   (Canada)

^d Riverstone Research Consulting   (Canada)

^e Canada   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g Wikwemikong Health Centre   (Canada)

^h Noojmowin Teg Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Behavioral change wheel; Cultural safety; Grounded theory; Mobile phone; Semiotics; SMS; Tanzania; Text messages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987617823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4994     Document Type: Article

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