Developing and Pretesting a Text Messaging Program for Health Behavior Change: Recommended Steps

• Main Authors: Abroms, Lorien C (Author), Whittaker, Robyn (Author), Free, Caroline (Author), Mendel Van Alstyne, Judith (Author), Schindler-Ruwisch, Jennifer M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundA growing body of evidence demonstrates that text messaging-based programs (short message service [SMS]) on mobile phones can help people modify health behaviors. Most of these programs have consisted of automated and sometimes interactive text messages that guide a person through the proc...