scholarly journals Authorship Correction: A Community-Based Short Message Service Intervention to Improve Mothers’ Feeding Practices for Obesity Prevention: Quasi-Experimental Study

10.2196/15046 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e15046
Author(s):  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Mu Li ◽  
Li Ming Wen ◽  
Louise Baur ◽  
Gengsheng He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Service Intervention

scholarly journals Mobile phone short message service (SMS) as a malaria control tool: a quasi-experimental study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliyu Mohammed ◽  
Princess Ruhama Acheampong ◽  
Easmon Otupiri ◽  
Francis Adjei Osei ◽  
Roderick Larson-Reindorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Malaria Control ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Control Tool

scholarly journals A Community-Based Short Message Service Intervention to Improve Mothers’ Feeding Practices for Obesity Prevention: Quasi-Experimental Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Mu Li ◽  
Li Ming Wen ◽  
Louise Baur ◽  
Gengsheng He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Solid Foods ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Sms Intervention ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Early Childhood Obesity

BACKGROUND The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in China, and the effect of mobile phone short message service (SMS) interventions to prevent early childhood obesity needs to be evaluated. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the effect of an SMS intervention on the prevention of obesity in young children. METHODS A quasi-experimental design SMS intervention was carried out in 4 community health centers (CHCs) in Shanghai, China. A total of 2 CHCs were assigned to the intervention group, and 2 CHCs were assigned to the control group. Mothers in the intervention group received weekly SMS messages on breastfeeding and infant feeding from the third trimester to 12 months postpartum. The primary outcomes were children’s body mass index (BMI), BMI z-score, and weight-for-length z-score at 12 and 24 months. Factors associated with higher BMI and weight-for-length z-score at 24 months were also assessed. RESULTS A total of 582 expectant mothers were recruited at the beginning of the third gestational trimester. 477 (82.0%) and 467 (80.2%) mothers and their children were followed up to 12 and 24 months postpartum, respectively. There were no significant differences in children’s BMI, BMI z-score, and weight-for-length z-score at 12 and 24 months between the 2 groups. Factors associated with higher BMI, BMI z-score, and weight-for-length z-score at 24 months included higher birth weight, introduction of solid foods before 4 months, and taking a bottle to bed at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS The SMS intervention did not show a significant effect on children’s BMI, BMI z-score, or weight-for-length z-score at 12 and 24 months. Introduction of solid foods before 4 months and taking a bottle to bed at 12 months were significantly and positively correlated with a higher BMI, BMI z-score, and weight-for-length z-score at 24 months. Further studies with more rigorous design are needed to evaluate the effect of SMS interventions on preventing early childhood obesity.

scholarly journals Telenursing Development of N-SMSI (Short Message Service Intervention) in the care of post-treatment TB patients in hospitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Renditya Anggana ◽  
Filia Sofia Ikasari
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Information System ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Mdr Tb ◽  
Service Intervention

Tuberculosis (TB) is still a deadly infectious disease in the community. TB patient’s compliance in the consumption of Anti-TB drugs for 6 months, determine the recovery of TB patients. The outpatients TB is most likely to experience a drug dropout which can lead to Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR-TB), so that Supervisors Take Medication are needed to prevent the occurrence of MDR-TB. Ners-Short Message Service Intervention (N-SMSI) is one of the information systems that can developed to prevent the occurrence of MDR-TB. The purpose of writing this article is to describe and analyze the development of N-SMSI telenursing as an information system for conducting observations in the care of TB patients who can help TB patients achieve recovery in a way that effective and efficient. The method in writing this article is the study of literature using a variety of literature related to the application of N-SMSI especially in the prevention of MDR-TB. The results of the literature study show that N-SMSI can be utilized in monitoring patient compliance in consuming OAT, so that expectations cured patients is very large and the mortality rate in TB cases can be suppressed as much as possible. This literature recommends the application of N-SMSI in outpatient TB patients to facilitate activities monitoring by health workers in the prevention of MDR-TB.Keywords: MDR-TB, N-SMS, Telenursing, Tuberculosis

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