Feasibility and acceptability of SMS text messaging in a prostate cancer educational intervention for African American men
Feasibility and acceptability of SMS text messaging in a prostate cancer educational intervention for African American men
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10.1177/1460458215598636
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
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3
通讯作者：
Atkinson, Nancy L.
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作者：
Le, Daisy;Holt, Cheryl L.;Atkinson, Nancy L.
非裔美国人更多地使用移动电话，这使得短信服务技术成为健康促进干预措施的有希望的补充。短信服务短信被添加到男性前列腺意识教会培训项目中，该项目是一项针对非裔美国男性的男性健康干预措施。我们报告了在干预中使用短消息服务短信的可行性和可接受性。短信服务短信的作用为（1）研讨会提醒； (2) 研讨会后信息强化； (3) 精神/励志信息； (4) 参与者保留。在研讨会 4 上，超过 65% 的参与者希望继续接收这些信息。虽然随着时间的推移，记忆力有所增加，但超过三分之一的参与者不记得收到过这 53 条短信。然而，参加过男性前列腺意识教会培训研讨会的男性的记忆力要高得多。总体而言，将短信纳入针对成熟非裔美国男性的健康促进干预措施中被认为是可行且可接受的。
African Americans' greater access to mobile phones makes short messaging service technology a promising complement to health promotion interventions. Short messaging service text messages were added to the Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training project, a men's health intervention for African American men. We report on the feasibility and acceptability of the use of short messaging service text messages in the intervention. Short messaging service text messages served as (1) workshop reminders; (2) post-workshop message reinforcement; (3) spiritual/motivational messages; and (4) participant retention. At workshop 4, over 65percent of participants wished to continue receiving the messages. While there was an increase in recall over time, more than one-third of the participants did not recall receiving the 53 text messages. However, recall was considerably greater among men who attended the Men's Prostate Awareness Church Training workshops. Overall, the inclusion of text messages in health promotion interventions targeting mature African American men was found to be feasible and acceptable.