Using Text Messaging Surveys in General Practice Research to Engage With People From Low-Income Groups: Multi-Methods Study

Elizabeth Sturgiss   ¹ , BMed, MPH, PhD ;   Jenny Advocat   ¹ , BA, MSW, GDipBA, PhD ;   Christopher Barton   ² , BSc, MMedSc, PhD ;   Emma N Walker   ² , BMedSci, BA, BSci, MD ;   Suzanne Nielsen   ³ , BPharm(Hons), MPS, PhD ;   Annemarie Wright   ^{4, 5} , BAppSc, MMedSc, PhD ;   Tina Lam   ³ , BPsych(Hons), PhD ;   Nilakshi Gunatillaka   ⁶ , BSc(Hons), MIPH ;   Symrin Oad   ⁷ , BBmedSci ;   Christopher Wood   ⁸ , LLB/BActS (Hons)

¹ School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, Australia

² Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

³ Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁴ Department of Health, Victorian State Government, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ Australia and Melbourne School of Global and Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ EPIC Research Unit, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, Australia

⁷ School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁸ Capital Health Network, Canberra, Australia