Text4baby in the United States and Russia: An Opportunity for Understanding How mHealth Affects Maternal and Child Health
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Text4baby uses new technology to deliver health messages and engage pregnant women and new mothers in healthy behaviors. The authors describe the need for carefully conducted early adopter epidemiologic evaluation and describe one such evaluation in a women, infant, and children clinic population in the United States and its proposed adaptation for use among early users of Text4baby in Russia. Collaborative efforts among countries can guide international understanding and use of best practices of this emerging technology.
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Parker et al detailed the translation, back translation, and intelligibility testing of English text messages from the US-based Text4baby intervention, translated into Russian.
“In addition, Parker et al [20] detailed the translation, back translation, and intelligibility testing of English text messages from the US-based Text4baby intervention, translated into Russian.”
From Development of a Culturally Tailored Text Message Maternal Health Program: TextMATCH (2017) · cites this paper as [20]
Although these studies have shown the feasibility of cultural adaptation of text messaging programs in maternal health, more evaluation of such interventions is needed to determine their effectiveness.
“Although these studies have shown the feasibility of cultural adaptation of text messaging programs in maternal health, more evaluation of such interventions is needed to determine their effectiveness [20].”
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- Authors
- Parker, R. M., Dmitrieva, E., Frolov, S., & Gazmararian, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Parker, Ruth M.
- Venue
- Journal of Health Communication
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-05-02
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- sup1
- Pages
- 30-36
- ISSN
- 1081-0730 (ISSN-L)
- 1087-0415
- OpenAlex
- W2110711146
- Cited by
- 53
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 10.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health Communication (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
- Keywords
- mobile health, maternal and child health, pregnant women, postpartum women, early adopters, international adaptation, Russia, United States
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child Welfare, Female, Humans, Infant, International Cooperation, Maternal Welfare, Maternal-Child Health Centers, Pregnancy, Russia, United States, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Telemedicine, Health Communication, Text Messaging
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