The Impact of a Maternal Education Program Through Text Messaging in Rural China: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Ri-Hua Xie   ^{1, 2, 3} , RN, PhD ;   Hongzhuan Tan   ⁴ , PhD ;   Monica Taljaard   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Yan Liao   ⁵ , BEng ;   Daniel Krewski   ³ , PhD ;   Qingfeng Du   ² , MD ;   Shi Wu Wen   ^{5, 6, 7} , PhD

¹ Department of Nursing, Nanhai Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, China

² General Practice Center, Nanhai Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, China

³ McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁴ Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

⁵ Work & Mental Health Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁶ Shandong Key Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China

⁷ Obstetrics Maternal Newborn Investigation Research Group, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada