A comparison of recruitment methods for an mHealth intervention targeting mothers: Lessons from the growing healthy program

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Laws, Rachel A ^a,b   Litterbach, Eloise Kate V ^a,b   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth A ^b,c   Russell, Catherine G ^b,c   Taki, Sarah ^b,c   Ong, Kok Leong ^d   Elliott, Rosalind M ^c   Lymer, Sharyn J ^b,e   Campbell, Karen J ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaREPHC)   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Infant feeding; Infants; mHealth; Obesity prevention; Parents; Practitioners; Primary health care; Recruitment; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989833780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5691     Document Type: Article

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