Published on in Vol 3 , No 1 (2015) :Jan-Mar

Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an mHealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America

Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an mHealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America

Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an mHealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America

Francisco Diez-Canseco   1 , BA,MPH ;   J Alfredo Zavala-Loayza   1 , MD ;   Andrea Beratarrechea   2 , MD ;   Rebecca Kanter   3 , PhD ;   Manuel Ramirez-Zea   3 , MD,PhD ;   Adolfo Rubinstein   2 , MD,MSc,PhD ;   Homero Martinez   4, 5 , MD,PhD ;   J Jaime Miranda   1, 6 , MD,MSc,PhD

1 CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PE

2 South American Center for Cardiovascular Health (CESCAS), Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, AR

3 INCAP Research Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (CIIPEC), Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Ciudad de Guatemala, GT

4 RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, US

5 Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, MX

6 School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PE

Corresponding Author:

  • J Jaime Miranda, MD,MSc,PhD
  • CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Av. Armendariz 497, Miraflores
  • Lima, Lima 18
  • PE
  • Phone: 51 12416978
  • Fax: 51 12416978
  • Email: Jaime.Miranda@upch.pe