Feasibility of text messaging to promote child health in a rural community on an American Indian reservation
| Autor: | Laura Dybdal, Brenda Bodnar, Emily Hall, Kari Jo Harris, Julia Malich, Blakely Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Medical education
030505 public health Knowledge level Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reservation medicine.disease Childhood obesity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health promotion medicine Health education 030212 general & internal medicine Computer-mediated communication Rural area 0305 other medical science Psychology mHealth |
| Zdroj: | Health Education Journal. 78:557-569 |
| ISSN: | 1748-8176 0017-8969 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0017896918824624 |
| Popis: | Objective:This study investigated the feasibility of delivering health-related short text messages to parents with the goal of reducing obesity risk among their children aged 3–5 years.Design:Quasi-experimental design involving one experimental group of 17 parents.Setting:Rural American Indian reservation.Methods:During the 5-week intervention period, parents received 3 topic-related text messages each week for a total of 15 messages. The topics focused on included nutrition, physical activity (PA), sleep, consumption of sugary beverages, TV viewing and screen time. Outcomes included assessments of feasibility including retention rates; delivery, receipt and response to text messages; and programme satisfaction. Pre- to posttest changes in parent knowledge of health behaviours associated with childhood obesity and parent report of these health behaviours in their child were also assessed.Results:A total of 100% (17/17) of the participants completed the study and final assessments. All texts ( n = 289) sent to participants were successfully delivered. Of the 85 texts that requested a response, parents responded to 91% (78/85) by answering the question. All participants reported they found the texts easy to understand. A total of 94% (16/17) of participants reported enjoying the frequency with which they received messages. At the end of the study, parents reported improved overall child health behaviours that approached statistical significance ( p = .051) and parents reported significantly improved behaviours related to PA and sleep ( p = .046). No significant differences were found for changes in parent knowledge.Conclusion:Findings suggest it is feasible to deliver a text messaging-based childhood obesity prevention intervention to parents of young children living on a rural American Indian reservation. Text messages were appreciated by parents and may influence child health behaviours associated with childhood obesity. |
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