Feasibility and acceptability of SMS text messaging in a prostate cancer educational 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 65 percent 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.

Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Le, D., Holt, C. L., Saunders, D. R., Wang, M. Q., Coriolan, A., Savoy, A. D., Slade, J. L., Muwwakkil, B., Atkinson, N. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research