Text Messaging Data Collection for Monitoring an Infant Feeding Intervention Program in Rural China: Feasibility Study

• Main Authors: Li, Ye (Author), Wang, Wei (Author), van Velthoven, Michelle Helena (Author), Chen, Li (Author), Car, Josip (Author), Rudan, Igor (Author), Zhang, Yanfeng (Author), Wu, Qiong (Author), Du, Xiaozhen (Author), Scherpbier, Robert W (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundAn effective data collection method is crucial for high quality monitoring of health interventions. The traditional face-to-face data collection method is labor intensive, expensive, and time consuming. With the rapid increase of mobile phone subscribers, text messaging has the potential t...