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Using Health Text Messages to Improve Consumer Health Knowledge, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Environmental Scan

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With the recent proliferation of health text messaging applications in the United States, emphasis should be placed on addressing gaps in knowledge about the effectiveness and acceptance of health text messaging programs.

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  • Mathematica Policy Research & Public Health Institute, "undated". "Using Health Text Messages to Improve Consumer Health Knowledge, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Environmental Scan," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 4dbdfc0c86c641b3a89230ebf, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    Health Text Messages; Consumer Health; Knowledge; Behaviors; Environmental Scan;
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