Design and multi-country validation of text messages for an mhealth intervention for primary prevention of progression to hypertension in Latin America

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Diez Canseco, Francisco ^a   Alfredo Zavala Loayza, J ^a   Beratarrechea, Andrea ^b   Kanter, Rebecca ^c   Ramirez Zea, Manuel ^c   Rubinstein, Adolfo ^b   Martinez, Homero ^d,e   Jaime Miranda, J ^a,f  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Developing countries; Health literacy; Hypertension; Latin America; MHealth; Prehypertension; Preventive medicine; Text messages; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85091527161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3874     Document Type: Article

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