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Title: C1 - Simply Cellular: Use of Texting for Healthcare Information Delivery
Disciplines: Professional Issues (PI), Childbearing (CB)
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate the potential of mobile health technology to reach underserved women with important maternal child health information.
- Discuss the evidence on the efficacy of mobile health interventions.
- Describe new models and the challenges of evaluation.
There are 300 million mobile phones in the US to deliver timely, relevant, and appropriate education to pregnant women and new mothers. Mobile phones are popular among young people and across social classes. Evaluation of the benefits and effectiveness of this type of program is essential. As text messaging becomes more commonly used for health promotion, it may be the fast, low cost and most popular mode of communication and education to women.
Monday, September 27, 2010: 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Venetian
Moderator:
Ann M. Hanson, RNC, MSN, APRN
Presenting Author:
Elizabeth Jordan, DNSc, RNC, FAAN
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