Video text messaging is needed to deliver patient education about preventive care in the United States

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Despite the very high penetration of smart phones—97% of people in the United States now own a cell phone of some type—most health care systems are not taking full advantage...

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Published in:PLOS digital health 2023-05, Vol.2 (5), p.e0000258-e0000258
Main Authors: Coronado, Gloria D, Ruiz, Esmeralda, Torres-Ozadali, Evelyn, Thompson, Jamie H, Rivelli, Jennifer S, Thibault, Annie, Escaron, Anne L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Cellular telephones
Clinical trials
Clinics
Colorectal cancer
Data collection
Engineering and Technology
False information
Feces
Funding
Health care
Health care access
Health literacy
Health services
Internal medicine
Internet access
Interoperability
Medical personnel
Medical screening
Medicine and Health Sciences
Opinion
Patient education
Preventive medicine
Professionals
Research and Analysis Methods
Smartphones
Social Sciences
Text messaging
Web portals
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Summary:The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Despite the very high penetration of smart phones—97% of people in the United States now own a cell phone of some type—most health care systems are not taking full advantage of cell phones to deliver health messages. In future work we plan to obtain direct feedback from patients and health care professionals about how to improve the program and conduct a robust evaluation of the program to test its effectiveness overall and among population subgroups, including patients whose language preference is English vs. [...]is the time for health care systems in the United States (and in other countries where smartphone ownership rates are high) to make use of cell phones to deliver health messages.
ISSN:2767-3170
DOI:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000258