Unpacking the Black Box: A Formative Research Approach to the Development of Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based, and Culturally Safe Text Messages in Mobile Health Interventions

Marion A. Maar   ¹ , PhD ;   Karen Yeates   ² , MD,FRCPC ;   Zsolt Toth   ³ , RD,MPH ;   Marcia Barron   ⁴ , PhD ;   Lisa Boesch   ⁵ , B.A. (Hons) ;   Diane Hua-Stewart   ⁶ , MPH ;   Peter Liu   ⁷ , MD ;   Nancy Perkins   ⁶ , RN ;   Jessica Sleeth   ² , MPH ;   Mary Jo Wabano   ⁸ , MA ;   Pamela Williamson   ⁹ , PhD ;   Sheldon W. Tobe   ^{1, 6} , MD,MSc CH

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada

² Department of Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada

³ Department of Medicine, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Canada

⁴ Riverstone Research Consulting, Beamsville, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Research, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁸ Naandwechige-Gamik Health Centre, Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, ON, Canada

⁹ Noojmowin Teg Health Centre, Little Current, ON, Canada