Preventive Health Behavior Change Text Message Interventions: A Meta-analysis.

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Abstract

Existing evidence shows that text message interventions can produce short-term health behavior change. However, understanding is limited regarding intervention characteristics moderating this effect or the long-term effectiveness of text message interventions on behavior change after contact stops.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Prev Med

Title: American journal of preventive medicine

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-2607

ISSN (Print): 0749-3797

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2017

Volume: 52

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address: ashleigh.armanasco@gmail.com.

[2 ] Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Brisbane, Australia.

[3 ] The University of Queensland, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Public Health, BrisbaneAustralia.

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Publisher Item ID: S0749-3797(16)30586-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.10.042

PubMed ID: 28073656

SO-VID: 249a0ec9-ff4a-45b2-96f9-9ce64e2aaa90

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