Published on in Vol 3, No 4 (2015): Oct-Dec

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

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

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

Lorien C Abroms   1 * , ScD ;   Robyn Whittaker   2 * , MBChB,MPH,PhD ;   Caroline Free   3 * , MBChB,PhD ;   Judith Mendel Van Alstyne   1 , MPH ;   Jennifer M Schindler-Ruwisch   1 , MPH

1 The Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

2 National Institute for Health Innovation, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

3 Clinical Trials Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Lorien C Abroms, ScD
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